Heterophyte
[het-er-uh-fahyt] /ˈhɛt ər əˌfaɪt/
noun, Botany.
1.
a plant that secures its nutrition directly or indirectly from other organisms; a parasite or saprophyte.
heterophyte
(hět’ər-ə-fīt’)
A plant that obtains its nourishment from other living or dead organisms. For example, Indian pipe is a pale white plant without chlorophyll that obtains its nutrition from fungal symbionts. See also heterotroph.
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