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parasitic plant

type of plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant
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parasitic plant

Summary

parasitic plant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (403 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • parasitic plant is a type of plant[2].
  • parasitic plant is a type of parasite[3].
  • parasitic plant's Commons category is recorded as Parasitic plants[4].
  • parasitic plant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Parasitic plants[5].
  • parasitic plant's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • parasitic plant's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[7].
  • parasitic plant's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include plant[2] and parasite[3].

Why It Matters

parasitic plant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (403 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Johshh · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → plant, parasite
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: snylteplanter"
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