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heterophyte

Today it means: Any plant that obtains its nourishment from other (living or dead) plants; includes parasites and saprophytes Full definition →

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From hetero- (“other, different”) + -phyte (“plant”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.