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lipoxeny

lipoxeny noun: the desertion of a host plant by a parasite to complete its development on reserve materials previously obtained from the host, as in the falling away of ergot.

Noun

lipoxeny (uncountable)

  1. The desertion of a host plant by a parasite to complete its development on reserve materials previously obtained from the host, as in the falling away of ergot.

Questions about lipoxeny

What does lipoxeny mean?
Lipoxeny means the desertion of a host plant by a parasite to complete its development on reserve materials previously obtained from the host, as in the falling away of ergot.
What part of speech is lipoxeny?
Lipoxeny is a noun.

Words near lipoxeny in the dictionary

  1. Lipovljani
  2. Lipovăț
  3. Lipowiec
  4. Lipowitz's alloy
  5. lipoxenous
  6. lipoxeny
  7. lipoxidase
  8. lipoxidases
  9. lipoxidation
  10. lipoxidations
  11. lipoxidative

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