Haustorium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Haustorium \Haus*to"ri*um\ (h[add]s*t[=o]"r[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl.
     {Haustoria} (h[add]s*t[=o]"r[i^]*[.a]). [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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  haustorium
       n : a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates
           and obtains food from the host
       [also: {haustoria} (pl)]