- semiparasitic
- In botany, a plant that gets food from a host but also contains chlorophyll and is capable of photosynthesis.
English dictionary of cancer terms . 2015.
semiparasitic
Look at other dictionaries:
semiparasitic — adjective Date: circa 1909 of, relating to, or being a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and is capable of photosynthesis • semiparasite noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
semiparasitic — semiparasite /sem ee par euh suyt , sem uy /, n. semiparasitism /sem ee par euh suy tiz euhm, sem uy /, n. /sem ee par euh sit ik, sem uy /, adj. 1. Biol. commonly parasitic but also capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter. 2. Bot.… … Universalium
semiparasitic — adjective Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants See Also: holoparasitic … Wiktionary
semiparasitic — semi·parasitic … English syllables
semiparasitic — /ˌsɛmipærəˈsɪtɪk/ (say .semeeparuh sitik) adjective 1. Biology commonly parasitic but capable of living on dead or decaying animal matter. 2. Botany partly parasitic and partly photosynthetic …
semiparasitic — adjective of or relating to plants that are semiparasites • Pertains to noun: ↑semiparasite * * * adjective see semiparasite * * * semiparasite /sem ee par euh suyt , sem uy /, n. semiparasitism /sem ee par euh suy tiz euhm, sem uy /, n … Useful english dictionary
sandalwood — /san dl wood /, n. 1. the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense. 2. any of these trees, esp. S. album (white sandalwood), an evergreen of India, having ovate… … Universalium
lousewort — /lows werrt , wawrt /, n. any plant belonging to the genus Pedicularis, of the figwort family, as the wood betony, formerly supposed to cause lice in sheep feeding on it: one species, P. furbishiae (Furbish lousewort), of parts of Maine and New… … Universalium
mistletoe — /mis euhl toh /, n. 1. a European plant, Viscum album, having yellowish flowers and white berries, growing parasitically on various trees, used in Christmas decorations. 2. any of several other related, similar plants, as Phoradendron serotinum,… … Universalium
mistletoe — SYN: viscum (1). * * * mis·tle·toe mis əl .tō, chiefly Brit miz n any of various parasitic or semiparasitic plants (family Loranthaceae, the mistletoe family) that have thick leathery mostly opposite and sometimes scaly leaves and include some… … Medical dictionary
