About The Word Haustorium
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Haustorium
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What's The Definition Of Haustorium?
[n] a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
Synonyms | Synonyms for Haustorium: Related Terms | Find terms related to Haustorium: See Also | enation | plant process Haustorium In Webster's Dictionary \Haus*to"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Haustoria}. [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.
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