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Definition of Semiparasite
1. Noun. A parasitic plant that contains some chlorophyll and therefore is capable of photosynthesis.
Definition of Semiparasite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiparasite
Literary usage of Semiparasite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"... but for the most exact anatomical analysis of this curious semiparasite or
commensal we are indebted to Shearer (324), whose work has but recently ..."
2. Infection and Immunity: A Text-book of Immunology and Serology for Students by Charles Edmund Simon (1915)
"Next in order follows the dysentery bacillus which behaves as a typical semiparasite
for the guinea-pig, while in the rabbit it is relatively little ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1903)
"The plant is a semiparasite, Ste'tgn cocc¡nea Bth., and is not infrequent on our
eastern frontier. Its habits resemble those of Rhinanthus ..."
4. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1903)
"... instant respecting a weed doing mischief in mealie crops, and of the sample
belonging thereto. The plant is a semiparasite, ..."
5. Flora, oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung by Botanische Gesellschaft in Regensburg (1899)
"Cette famille semiparasite attira depuis longtemps l'attention des observateurs
par la forme particulière du sac embryonnaire, qui lui est propre. ..."
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