haustorium

haustorium
[hɔːˈstɔːrɪəm]
(pl. haustoria -rɪə)
  1. (Botany)a slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant, such as a dodder, or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host and absorb nutrients from it
    (植)(寄生植物的)吸器
派生
haustorial
adjective
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin haustor 'thing that draws in', from the verb haurire
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