parasitic plant

/ˈpɛrəˌsɪdɪk plænt/

Other forms: parasitic plants

Definitions of parasitic plant

1. noun

   plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
   types:

   Parasitaxus ustus, parasite yew

   rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides

   Buckleya distichophylla, buckleya

   parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits

   Comandra pallida, bastard toadflax

   woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers

   Pyrularia pubera, buffalo nut, rabbitwood

   shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes

   Loranthaceae, family Loranthaceae, mistletoe family

   in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria

   Loranthus europaeus, mistletoe

   shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks

   American mistletoe, Arceuthobium pusillum

   small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees

   Christmas tree, Nuytsia floribunda, fire tree, flame tree

   a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses

   Old World mistletoe, Viscum album, mistletoe

   Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas

   false mistletoe, mistletoe

   American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe

   hemiparasite, semiparasite

   a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis

   American mistletoe, Phoradendron flavescens, Phoradendron serotinum

   the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant

   type of:

   parasite

   an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host