Definition of Haustarium

Definition of Haustarium

||Haus*to"ri*um (-tō"r&ibreve;*ŭm), n.; pl. Haustoria (- &adot;). [LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. R. Brown.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

[[noun]]

A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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