an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides

parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits

woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers

shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes

in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria