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Meaning of semiparasitic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants.
not-comparable
Having moderate infectiousness for living tissue.
not-comparable

Examples

“The typhoid bacillus and cholera bacterium are semiparasitic.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

semiparliamentary semipartial semipartitioned semipastoral semipasty semipatriarchal