Found 2 items, similar to Haustoria.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: haustoria haustorium n : a rootlike attachment in parasitic plants that penetrates and obtains food from the host [also: haustoria (pl)] haustoria See haustorium
English → English (gcide) Definition: Haustoria Haustorium \Haus*to"ri*um\ (h[add]s*t[=o]"r[i^]*[u^]m), n.; pl. Haustoria (h[add]s*t[=o]"r[i^]*[.a]). [LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink.] (Bot.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. --R. Brown. [1913 Webster]