| 单词 | parasitic plant |
| 释义 | parasitic plant (once / 104596 pages) n WORD FAMILY parasitic plant: parasitic plants USAGE EXAMPLESBartsia is a genus of parasitic plants in the broomrape family, members of which display pink, yellow, or maroon flowers. Slate(May 17, 2016) That’s because scientists have only discovered about 50 instances of this parasitic plant, which has branching, above-ground tubers that resemble coral. Time(May 21, 2015) Amborella is often encrusted with mosses, lichens and parasitic plants, and the plant seems to be damaged often by falling branches or animals. Scientific American(Nov 04, 2014) n plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it Hypo|Hyper Parasitaxus ustus, parasite yew rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides Buckleya distichophylla, buckleyaparasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits Comandra pallida, bastard toadflaxwoody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers Pyrularia pubera, buffalo nut, rabbitwoodshrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes Loranthaceae, family Loranthaceae, mistletoe familyin some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria Loranthus europaeus, mistletoeshrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks American mistletoe, Arceuthobium pusillumsmall herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda, fire tree, flame treea terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses Old World mistletoe, Viscum album, mistletoeOld World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas false mistletoe, mistletoeAmerican plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe hemiparasite, semiparasitea parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis American mistletoe, Phoradendron flavescens, Phoradendron serotinumthe traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant parasite an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host |
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