"root" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Like other species of Indian paintbrush, it is a root parasite.
- This species and others in its genus are root parasites, tapping the tissues of nearby plants for nutrients, especially water.
- This plant is a root parasite.
- This is a root parasite which was known to the Māori as 'Pua-o-te-reinga', 'the flower of the underworld'.
- It has been suggested that the pale yellow-green foliage indicates this plant may be a root parasite.
- Most are root parasites which photosynthesize their own food, but tap the roots of other species for water and inorganic nutrients.
- They are perennial shrubs which act as root parasites on other plants.
- Like many species in its family it is a facultative root parasite on other plants, attaching to their roots via haustoria to tap nutrients.
- Adults have been recorded on the pink flowers of a root parasite growing on a fig tree.
- Adults have been recorded feeding from red flowers of a root parasite.
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