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Australian Biological Resources Study

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Flora of Australia
GLOSSARY

Compiled by A.McCusker


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parasite: an organism living on or in a different organism and deriving nourishment from it. cf. autotrophic, epiphyte, saprophyte. Attachment of Parasites
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