haustorium meaning

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haustorium (noun): a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host.

Definition of haustorium

  1. a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host

    Type of: plant process

Scrabble score: 15 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HA · words ending in UM · 10-letter words

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