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Hemiparasite

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hemiparasite"

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Word	Definition
phytoparasitenoun	(ecology) A parasitic plant.
heterophytenoun	(biology) Any plant that obtains its nourishment from other (living or dead) plants; includes parasites and saprophytes
myco-heterotrophnoun	A plant that gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.
hemiepiphytenoun	(biology) Any plant that spends part of its life cycle as an epiphyte
ectophytenoun	(biology) Any plant that lives as a parasite on the surface of another organism
phytosymbiontnoun	A symbiont that is a plant
hyperparasitenoun	(biology) Any parasite whose host is a parasite.
mycoheterotrophnoun	Alternative form of myco-heterotroph. [A plant that gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.]
holoparasitenoun	A holoparasitic organism.
biparasitenoun	A biparasitic parasite
entophytenoun	(ecology) Any plant or fungus growing as a parasite within another organism.
holophytenoun	(biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis.
phytophilenoun	A person who is especially interested in plants
alloparasitenoun	An organism that parasitizes an unrelated host
phytopathogennoun	(biology) Any organism that is pathogenic to plants
phytomyxidnoun	Any single-celled plant parasite of the class Phytomyxea
entomophytenoun	(ecology) Any plant growing as a parasite within an insect or its larva
epiparasitenoun	A parasite that feeds on another parasite.
biophytenoun	(biology) Any plant that obtains nourishment from the bodies of insects (or other once-living organisms)
parasitoidnoun	Any organism that is parasitic during part of its life cycle, especially one that eventually kills its host.