Crossword-Solution: HAUSTORIUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Haustorium | n. | One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. |
We have 2 clues for the answer “HAUSTORIUM”
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| ABSORPTIVE organ characteristic of plant parasites (fungi/mistletoe) | 1 answer |
| HAIRLIKE growth penetrating tissues of host plant to absorb nutrients | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AZCEEM
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eruption
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Sentences with HAUSTORIUM (2)
Many parasitic hyphae put out minute lateral branches, which pierce the cell-wall of the host and form a peg-like (_Trichosphaeria_), sessile (_Cystopus_), or stalked (_Hemileia_), knot-like, or a more or less branched (_Peronospora_) or coiled (_Protomyces_) haustorium.
HAUSTORIUM, haws-t[=o]'ri-um, _n._ a small sucker of a parasitic plant, penetrating the tissues of the host:--_pl._ HAUST[=O]'RIA.