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HAUSTORIUM (haustoria)
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Irregular inflected form: haustoria
Dictionary entry overview: What does haustorium mean?
• HAUSTORIUM (noun)
The noun HAUSTORIUM has 1 sense:
1. a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
Familiarity information: HAUSTORIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("haustorium" is a kind of...):
enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)
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