Look up: Holoparasite


  1. Holoparasite
    Parasitic plants which lack chlorophyll and are therefore wholly dependent on their host plant for the supply of water, nutrients and fixed carbon.
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  2. holoparasite
    holoparasite A nonphotosynthetic parasite that must obtain carbohydrates found in the host plant phloem (food-conducting tissue of a plant). A parasitic flowering plant that lacks chlorophyll (nonphotosynthetic) and must rely totally on the contents of the xylem (woody part of plants; supporting an...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2767/

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