1) Enation 2) Plant process
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in parasitic plants, a structure developed for penetrating the host's tissues.
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In botany, a haustorium (plural haustoria) is the appendage or portion of a parasitic fungus (the hyphal tip) or of the root of a parasitic plant (such as the broomrape family or mistletoe) that penetrates the host`s tissue and draws nutrients from it. Haustoria do not penetrate the host`s cell membranes. Functional exchange takes place within t.....
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A specialized branch of a hypha formed inside a host cell by certain plant-parasitic fungi (especially obligate parasites) in order to obtain nutrients. (Pl. haustoria.)
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• (n.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.
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highly modified stem or root of a parasitic plant, such as mistletoe or dodder, or a specialized branch or tube originating from a hairlike filament ... [11 related articles]
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<plant biology> A projection from a cell or tissue of a fungus or higher plant, that penetrates another plant and absorbs nutrients from it. ... In fungi it is a hyphal projection that penetrates into the cytoplasm of a host plant cell, in parasitic angiosperms, it is a modified root. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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Absorbing organ of certain parasites. A projection of fungal hyphae into host cells which acts as a penetration and absorbing organ.
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A projection from a cell or tissue of a fungus or higher plant, that penetrates another plant and absorbs nutrients from it. In fungi it is a hyphal projection that penetrates into the cytoplasm of a host plant cell; in parasitic angiosperms, it is a modified root.
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Haus·to'ri·um (-tō'rĭ*ŭm)
noun ;
plural Haustoria (- ȧ). [ Late Latin , a well, from Latin
haurire ,
haustum , to drink.]
(Botany) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: haw-stō′rē-ŭm, -stō′rē-ă Definitions: 1. An organ to absorb nutriment.
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n] - a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
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haustorium (s), haustoria (pl) 1. A small sucker of a parasitic plant. 2. An absorbent organ originating on fungal hypha of a parasite and penetrating into a cell of the host. It is most often associated with obligate parasites but is produced also by some facultative parasites.
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Root-like sucker of parasitic plants.
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