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HEMIPARASITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemiparasite mean?
• HEMIPARASITE (noun)
The noun HEMIPARASITE has 1 sense:
1. a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis
Familiarity information: HEMIPARASITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hemiparasite; semiparasite
Hypernyms ("hemiparasite" is a kind of...):
parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)
Derivation:
hemiparasitic (of or relating to plants that are hemiparasites)
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