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holoparasite
A nonphotosynthetic parasite that must obtain carbohydrates found in the host plant phloem (food-conducting tissue of a plant). A parasitic flowering plant that lacks chlorophyll (nonphotosynthetic) and must rely totally on the contents of the xylem (woody part of plants; supporting and water-conducting tissue) and the phloem of the host plant.
This entry is located in the following units: holo-, hol- (page 2) para-, par- (page 2) sitio-, siti-, sito-, sit-, -sitia + (page 2)