Assertion: mistletoe's leaf | /r/CapableOf | feed the top of the plant
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text: Now for the deadly part of this killer: while the leaves that form will feed the top of the plant (the ectophyte), the base of the plant forms a foot-like structure called a haustorium, which generates strands that enter the phloem to steal nutrients from the tree, and sinkers that invade the ray cells of the xylem to steal water.