Assertion: mistletoe's haustorium | /r/HasProperty | root-like structure
Facets:
value: in mycology
type: LOCATION
value: in botany
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
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: In botany and mycology, a haustorium (plural haustoria) is a rootlike structure that grows into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients.
text: Now the parasite develops its haustorium, a root-like appendage that allows it to siphon nutrients from the host.
text: The haustorium is a root-like structure that penetrates the host plant's bark and cambium, reaching the xylem and phloem where it extracts water and minerals, primarily carbon and nitrogen compounds.
text: They attach to the host plant through its haustorium, the root-like structure that penetrates into the host’s vascular tissue to slurp up water and sugar.