NOUN | plant | Pyrularia pubera, rabbitwood, buffalo nut | shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes |
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Meaning | shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes. | |
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Synonyms | rabbitwood, buffalo nut | |
Member of | Pyrularia, genus Pyrularia | small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs |
Parts | buffalo nut, elk nut, oil nut | oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood |
Broader | parasitic plant | plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it |
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