寄き生せい植しょく物ぶつ

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Meanings

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noun

parasitic plant

A plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant.

draw near, stop in, bring near

生life, genuine, birth

植plant

物thing, object, matter

寄き生せい
寄生 is the general term for parasitism, while 寄生植物 specifically refers to parasitic plants.
宿しゅく主しゅ
宿主 means 'host', the organism that a parasitic plant lives on.

Compound of 寄生 (parasitism) + 植物 (plant).