Semiparasitic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Semiparasitic is an adjective meaning (botany) Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants.
Meaning
(botany) Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants.
More Meanings
- (biology) Having moderate infectiousness for living tissue.
Example Sentences
The typhoid bacillus and cholera bacterium are semiparasitic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include holoparasitic, phytoecious, myco-heterotrophic, mycotrophic, parasitic, ectotrophic.
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