Assertion: mistletoe's haustorium | /r/CapableOf | penetrate the host plant
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text: The seeds germinate within the tree for several years, eventually producing a haustorium, a root-like structure, that penetrates the host plant and extracts water and minerals from the infected tree or plant.
text: The distinguishing feature possessed by all parasitic plants is a modified root, the haustorium, which penetrates the host plant and connects to its vascular system; it serves for both attachment and feeding (Heide-Jørgensen, 2008; Stewart and Press, 1990).