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HAUSTORIUM
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Irregular inflected form: haustoria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("haustorium" is a kind of...):
enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)