holo-, hol-

A reference to genes that are transmitted only from a female adult to a daughter or daughters: "Mothers pass on their genes to their daughters from generations to subsequent generations."

Characteristics that are manifested by or existing only in females.

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.

1. A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; such as, those used in lighthouses.
2. An apparatus by which practically all the light from a lighthouse lamp or the like is thrown in a desired direction.

1. The expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word.
2. An expression of a complex of ideas in a single word.

1. Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word; as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
2. Containing the idea of a sentence or phrase in one word; such as, "goodbye" (God be with you).

A plant that obtains its nutriment entirely from dead organic matter.

Pertaining to the whole body rather than to sections or parts.

Possessing cilia, or hair, over the entire body surface.