HAUSTORIUM

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‖Haus‐to″ri‐um (–tō″rĭ‐ŭm), n.; pl. Haustoria (–ȧ). [[LL., a well, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to drink.]] (Bot.) One of the suckerlike rootlets of such plants as the dodder and ivy. R. Brown.