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Parasitic plants

PARASITIC plants can be described as the thieves of the plant world, and rightly so. These plants take without asking and without returning anything to their unwilling host plants.

WHAT IS A PARASITE?

A parasite – which can be a plant or an animal – is an organism that lives and feeds off another species, harming it in the process.

The species (plant or animal) on which the parasite lives, is called the . The host , especially in its ability to reproduce, while the parasite grows and its ability to survive improves. So while the parasite feeds off the host, it as it needs the host to survive.

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