haustorial

Variant of haustorium

haustorium definition

haus·to·rium (hôs tôr′ē əm)

noun pl. haustoria -·ria (-ə)

a rootlike outgrowth in certain parasitic plants, through which food is absorbed from the host

Etymology: ModL < L haustus: see haustellum

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