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hemiparasite

hemiparasite noun: any parasitic plant that obtains energy by photosynthesis as well as from its host.

Noun

hemiparasite (plural hemiparasites)

  1. Any parasitic plant that obtains energy by photosynthesis as well as from its host
    • Most mistletoes are "hemiparasites." This means they don't rely on their hosts for all their needs: Instead, they harvest the sun's energy to make some sugars for themselves. Nonetheless, if you're a tree, you don't want to be festooned with them. Two or three shouldn't be a problem, but dozens of...2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, p. 7]”, in The New York Times

Forms of hemiparasite

pluralhemiparasites

Origin of hemiparasite

From hemi- + parasite.

Questions about hemiparasite

What does hemiparasite mean?
Hemiparasite means any parasitic plant that obtains energy by photosynthesis as well as from its host.
What part of speech is hemiparasite?
Hemiparasite is a noun.
What is the plural of hemiparasite?
The plural of hemiparasite is hemiparasites.

Words near hemiparasite in the dictionary

  1. hemiopsy
  2. hemiorbicular
  3. hemiparalexia
  4. hemiparalysis
  5. hemiparalytic
  6. hemiparasite
  7. hemiparasites
  8. hemiparasitic
  9. hemiparasitically
  10. hemiparasitism
  11. hemipareses

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