Assertion: mistletoe | /r/CapableOf | evolve through sequence
Facets:
value: from terrestrial root-parasitic progenitors
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It seems, therefore, that mistletoes evolved from terrestrial root-parasitic progenitors through a sequence in which bird-dispersed seeds were lodged and grew on tree branches (presumably in humid forests), with their roots functioning as epicortical runners and able to make haustorial connections to the tree