Usually means: Dependent on host for nutrients.
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  1. semiparasitic: Merriam-Webster
  2. semiparasitic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. semiparasitic: Vocabulary.com
  4. semiparasitic: Wordnik
  5. semiparasitic: Wiktionary
  6. semiparasitic: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. semiparasitic: Dictionary.com
  8. semiparasitic: FreeDictionary.org
  9. semiparasitic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. semiparasitic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. semiparasitic: Encyclopedia

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  1. semiparasitic: Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (semiparasitic)

adjective:  (botany) Describing a plant that, although it uses photosynthesis, obtains some nutrition from other plants.
adjective:  (biology) Having moderate infectiousness for living tissue.

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