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==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|la|haustor||drainer}} {{suffix|en||ium}}.

===Noun===
{{en-noun|haustoria}}

# A [[root]] of a [[parasitic]] [[plant]] modified to take [[nourishment]] from its [[host]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|editors=Ming Hao Pei; Alistair R. McCracken|title=Rust Diseases of Willow and Poplar|publisher=CABI|isbn=9781845930950|page=170|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=oeCTeUGNuqEC&pg=PA170&dq=%22rust+fungus%22&hl=&cd=72&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22rust%20fungus%22&f=false|text=In the substomatal chamber all the signals that regulate the interaction between fungus and host are present along the entire structure of the rust fungus, from the vesicle to the first '''haustorium''' which, in the dikaryotic stage, is the first intracellular structure (Mendgen ''et al.'', 1988; Heath, 1989, 1995).}}
# A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a [[cotyledon]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|root of a parasitic plant}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|imujuuri}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|panisip-ugat}}
* ǃXóõ: {{t|nmn|gǁkxʻáã}}
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