haustorium

English

Etymology

From Latin haustor (“drain, drink or suck”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

haustorium (plural haustoria)

  1. A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
  2. A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a cotyledon.

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