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cuscuta

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cuscuta
symbol of cruelty. [Flower Symbolism; Jobes, 399]
See : Cruelty


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Of the 150 species of dodder, the researchers selected Cuscuta pentagona, says coauthor Justin Runyon, also of Penn State.
Scent stalking: parasitic vine grows toward tomato odor by Milius, S. / Science News
To determine whether gene transfer takes place in the opposite direction--from parasite to host--Palmer's team compared several genes from different species of the common weed genus Plantago with those in parasitic flower species of the Bartsia and Cuscuta genera.
Give and take: plant parasites dole out genes while stealing nutrients by Brownlee, C. / Science News
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