Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A plant, such as mistletoe, that obtains some nourishment from its host but also photosynthesizes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A partially parasitic plant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Any
parasitic plant that also obtains energy byphotosynthesis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis
Etymologies
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hemi- + parasite
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Woldemichael GM, Wink M (2002) Concomitant occurrence of pyrrolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids in the hemiparasite
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