haustorium
(noun) a root-like attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host
Source: WordNet® 3.1
haustorium (plural haustoria)
A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a cotyledon.
Source: Wiktionary
Haus*to"ri*um, n.; pl. Haustoria. Etym: [LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.)
Definition: One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. R. Brown.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
