semiparasitic
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Semiparasitic
is always a great word to know.
So is prototroph. Does it mean:
| the seas and atmosphere on earth before the existence of life, primarily containing a mixture of water, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide |
| an organism or cell capable of synthesizing all its metabolites from inorganic material, requiring no organic nutrients |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (of plants, such as mistletoe) obtaining some food from a host but undergoing photosynthesis at the same time |
| 2. | (of bacteria or fungi) usually parasitic but capable of living as a saprotroph |
| semiparasite | |
| —n | |
| semiparasitism | |
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Example sentences
Mistletoe is a semiparasitic plant that has been used for centuries to treat numerous human ailments.
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