Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A plant, such as mistletoe, that obtains some nourishment from its host but also photosynthesizes.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A partially parasitic plant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun botany Any parasitic plant that also obtains energy by photosynthesis

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis

Etymologies

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hemi- +‎ parasite

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  • Woldemichael GM, Wink M (2002) Concomitant occurrence of pyrrolizidine and quinolizidine alkaloids in the hemiparasite

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