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Definition of Haustorium

1. Noun. A root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host.

Definition of Haustorium

1. n. One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy.

Definition of Haustorium

1. Noun. A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host. ¹

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Definition of Haustorium

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Medical Definition of Haustorium

1. 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. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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