haustorium

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A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) (plural haustoria) A slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host
One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy
a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
{i} small sucking organ through which certain parasites feed