A biological relationship in which an organism obtains some but not all of its nutrients or resources by parasitizing another organism.
From hemiparasite (Greek hemi- + parasite) + -ism (system or condition), describing the partial parasitic lifestyle.
Hemiparasitism is nature's way of showing that ecological relationships aren't always black and white—some plants are genuinely in the gray zone between being freeloaders and being independent.
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