haustorium
/hɔːˈstɔːrɪəm/noun
(pl. haustoria /-rɪə/)
- Botany a slender projection from the root of a parasitic plant, such as a dodder, or from the hyphae of a parasitic fungus, enabling the parasite to penetrate the tissues of its host and absorb nutrients from it【植】（寄生植物的）吸器。
派生词
haustorial
adjective词源
late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin haustor 'thing that draws in', from the verb haurire.