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Definition of "parasitic plant" []

  • Plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "parasitic plant" in a sentence
  • "The parasitic plant dodder Cuscuta donates genes to the host plants around which it is entwined."
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