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Word: Haustorium
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin haustor ‘thing that draws in’, from the verb haurire
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
hɔːˈstɔːrɪəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant, such as a dodder, or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host and absorb nutrients from it.
Short Definition:slender projection from root of parasitic plant, such as dodder
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