'Haustorium' definitions:
Definition of 'haustorium'
noun
A root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
Definition of 'Haustorium'
- Haustorium \Haus*to"ri*um\ (h[add]s*t[=o]"r[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl.
Haustoria (h[add]s*t[=o]"r[i^]*[.a]). [LL., a well, fr. L.
haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.)
One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder
and ivy. --R. Brown.
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