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hemiparasite
noun
- Zool. an organism that may be either free-living or parasitic; facultative parasite
- Bot. a parasitic plant, as the mistletoe, which carries on some photosynthesis but obtains a portion of its food, water, or minerals from a host plant
Related Forms:
- hemiparasitic adjective
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