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A rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
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haustorium
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
Wikipedia
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In botany and mycology , a haustorium (plural haustoria ) is the appendage or portion of a parasitic fungus (the hyphal tip) or of the root of a parasitic plant (such as the broomrape family or mistletoe ) that penetrates the host's tissue and draws nutrients ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Haustorium \Haus*to"ri*um\ (h[add]s*t[=o]"r[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl. Haustoria (h[add]s*t[=o]"r[i^]*[.a]). [LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. --R. Brown.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host [also: haustoria (pl)]
Usage examples of haustorium.
From the destruction of the haustorium which infected me, I presume it is functional.