单词 | holoparasite |
释义 | > as lemmasholoparasite holoparasite n. Brit. /ˌhɒlə(ʊ)ˈparəsʌɪt/ , U.S. /ˌhɑləˈpɛrəˌsaɪt/ , /ˌhoʊləˈpɛrəˌsaɪt/ [ < German holoparasit (F. Johow 1890, in Verhandl. Deutsch. wissensch. Ver. Santiago II. ii. 67)] Biology an obligate parasite, unable to exist except in association with its host.ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > organisms in interrelationship > [noun] > parasites parasite1728 plasmodium1886 nosophyte1890 holoparasite1891 wound-parasite1897 plasmodiophorid1975 1891 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 70 Each of these classes, except the last, may be again divided into Holoparasites and Hemiparasites. 1903 W. R. Fisher tr. A. F. W. Schimper Plant-geogr. 203 Holoparasites, which live entirely at the cost of the organic substance of their host, like holosaprophytes are devoid of chlorophyll. 1965 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) i. iv. 197 While the semi-parasites can often at first glance hardly be distinguished from their green, wholly autotrophic relatives, the total or holo-parasites display a complete or almost complete loss of chlorophyll. < as lemmas |
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