semiparasitic.
Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants.
Meaning & usage
Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants.
Having moderate infectiousness for living tissue.
The typhoid bacillus and cholera bacterium are semiparasitic.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek σῖτος (sîtos) Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos)der. Latin parasītusder. Middle French parasite English parasite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English parasitic English semiparasitic From semi- + parasitic.
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