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1. (n.) haustorium
a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
2. haustorium
the penetrating feeding organ of certain parasites.
Etymology: (1565–75; < MF hautbois=haut high +bois wood)
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1. (noun) haustorium
a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
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1. (noun) haustorium
one of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy
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