The dodder is what is called a parasitical plant; that is, a plant that lives entirely on another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woodside or, Look, Listen, and Learn.] Reference

(George would later apologize for his use of the term "parasitical".).    From Wordnik.com.  [Jesuit: Obama is "the most effective spokesperson" for "the spirit of Vatican II"] Reference

Even traditional patrols were flown now over uninhabited areas, to allow the current agitation about the "parasitical" Weyr to die down.    From Wordnik.com.  [DragonFlight]

Wall Street is wrongly deemed "parasitical," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference

Page 103 they have been humorously styled "parasitical," as being hangers-on or dependents.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Confederate First Reader: Containing Selections in Prose and Poetry as Reading Exercises for the Younger Children in the Schools and Families of the Confederate States.] Reference

"parasitical" for including News Corp content in Google News pages.    From Wordnik.com.  [Geek.com] Reference

It is parasitical, the parasite being a fungus, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference

"A disgusting parasitical creature," she continued.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salvage for the Saint]

Rank coarse weeds and parasitical plants should be uprooted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Moreover, when parasitical plants are considered, such as the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference

These are the parasitical segments of which I spoke previously.    From Wordnik.com.  [VARADERO BEACH AWARD CEREMONY FOR SUGAR WORKERS] Reference

But among others (they left us -- Ed.) a parasitical mentality.    From Wordnik.com.  [SUGAR WORKERS CONGRESS] Reference

Burmannia, the bulk of which are not parasitical, have no leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

This parasitical plant was regarded as a charm of no ordinary virtue.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference

One's offspring, therefore, are like parasitical vermin on one's body.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

Most of those who work in the financial sector are, after all, parasitical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philip Slater: Creating A Register of Shame For White-Collar Malefactors] Reference

It is one of many parasitical Rothschild Central Banks infesting the world stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terry Krepel: WorldNetDaily Feeds the Extremists] Reference

With the worthless parasitical human beings gone, there was more for everyone to eat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Animal Farm]

The justification and preservation of their power and parasitical hold over their "flock.".    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Brown, of course, personifies misplaced faith in this malfunctioning, parasitical machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

Yet most of our difficulties come from the presence of parasitical segments in our country.    From Wordnik.com.  [VARADERO BEACH AWARD CEREMONY FOR SUGAR WORKERS] Reference

Forster in New Zealand in 46 degrees, where orchideous plants are parasitical on the trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002] Reference

The sense is this: parasitical vermin spring from sweat and other filth emitted by the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

People have gotten this parasite, parasitical infection even when they're using other solutions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 28, 2007] Reference

'"You stand accused of leading a parasitical life,"' Pasha read, and this time the eel twitched.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gorky Park]

Sometimes men become so parasitical to their occupation that, were they to lose it, they would drown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference

"He cannot be objective ... because he is part and parcel of the parasitical accumulation of capital.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Thousands and tens of thousands of parasitical worms were found in the stomach, but none in the intestine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference

Party - said he found the report in "extremely poor taste, politically irrelevant and journalistically parasitical".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It has often been popular to polemicize against what is seen as the more parasitical components of capitalism in times of difficulty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alan Miller: Is there a leader in the house? Anywhere?] Reference

Progressive Federal Party - said he found the report in "extremely poor taste, politically irrelevant and journalistically parasitical".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

And one of the most delicious things about the profoundly parasitical world of blogs is that you don't have to have anything much to say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nora Ephron: Hello. By the Way. Whatever.] Reference

The result is an ultrasafe no-brainer of a show whose relationship to the movie on which it is based can best be described as parasitical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broadway’s No-Hitter] Reference

We have often encountered parasitical institutions in which the interests of the business sector clashed with those of society everywhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [FIFTH UJC CONGRESS CLOSING 6 APR] Reference