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parasitic: of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"; relating to or caused by parasites; "parasitic infection"

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lupine collapse: any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers; of or relating to or characteristic of wolves

raptorial collapse: relating to or characteristic of birds of prey; "raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey"

predatory collapse: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"

obeisant collapse

saprophytic collapse: (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter; obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material

hangdog collapse

nonaggressive collapse

truckling collapse: the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons)

toadying collapse

procrastinative collapse

shiftless collapse: lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"

combining collapse: an occurrence that results in things being united

unenterprising collapse: lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome

synergistic collapse: used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more); of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism

concerted collapse

grabby collapse

predacious collapse: hunting and killing other animals for food

groveling collapse

liana collapse: a woody climbing usually tropical plant

wort collapse: unfermented or fermenting malt; usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'

saprophyte collapse: an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium

seaweed collapse: plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

vetch collapse: any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants

creeper collapse: any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet; any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

puffball collapse: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

bracken collapse: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan; fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions

pea collapse: seed of a pea plant used for food; a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds; the fruit or seed of a pea plant

kelp collapse: large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds

toadstool collapse: common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

extortionate collapse

dilatory collapse: wasting time; inclined to waste time and lag behind

sycophantic collapse

scrounging collapse

rapacious collapse: excessively greedy and grasping; "a rapacious divorcee on the prowl"; "ravening creditors"; "paying taxes to voracious governments"

ingratiating collapse: calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth ingratiating manner"; capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an ingratiating smile"

fern collapse: any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores

sycophant collapse: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

radio receiver collapse: an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

vine collapse: a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

collective collapse: members of a cooperative enterprise; set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms"; forming a whole or aggregate

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