plant parasite
11plant life — noun (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion • Syn: ↑plant, ↑flora • Derivationally related forms: ↑floral (for: ↑flora), ↑plantal ( …
12parasite — UK [ˈpærəsaɪt] / US [ˈperəˌsaɪt] noun [countable] Word forms parasite : singular parasite plural parasites 1) showing disapproval a lazy person who lives by getting money, food etc from other people 2) biology a plant or animal that lives in or… …
13parasite — An animal or plant that gets nutrients by living on or in an organism of another species. A complete parasite gets all of its nutrients from the host organism, but a semi parasite gets only some of its nutrients from the host …
14parasite — The literal sense of the word is eating at the table of another, from Greek para, beside, and sitos, food (originally, grain ). In the biological sense, a parasite is a plant or animal that lives on or in another and feeds off it …
15parasite — Synonyms and related words: adherent, algae, appendage, attendance, attendant, autophyte, barnacle, bean, beat, bedbug, beggar, bloodsucker, body of retainers, bracken, brown algae, buff, bummer, cadger, cat flea, cavaliere servente, chigoe,… …
16parasite — par|a|site [ˈpærəsaıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: Greek parasitos, from para ( PARA ) + sitos grain, food ] 1.) a plant or animal that lives on or in another plant or animal and gets food from it 2.) informal a lazy person who does not… …
17parasite — noun (C) 1 a plant or animal that lives on or in another plant or animal and gets food from it 2 a lazy person who does not work but depends on other people: He thinks students are just parasites …
18parasite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sycophant, fawner, hanger on, freeloader (inf.); leech, bloodsucker; inquiline, commensal; symbiont, symbiotic. See servility, flattery. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A plant or animal living on another] Syn …
19parasite — par|a|site [ perə,saıt ] noun count 1. ) a plant or animal that lives in or on another type of animal and feeds on it 2. ) a lazy person who lives by getting money, food, etc. from other people …
20parasite — n 1. bloodsucker, Sl. bleeder, Biol.en tozoon, cestode, louse, plant louse; barnacle, bur, appendage. 2. leech, Inf. sponge or sponger, Sl. mooch or moocher, Inf. freeloader, hanger on, Inf. panhandler; courtier, minion, follower, attendant,… …
