Where does “기생식물” come from?

기생식물 (Korean) comes from Korean 식물(植物).

기생식물 (Korean): parasite, parasitic plant

Definitions

  1. parasite, parasitic plant

Ancestry of “기생식물”, step by step

기생식물 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 식물(植物)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean식물(植物)

via Korean 기생(寄生)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean기생(寄生)
Every word from Korean 식물(植物)
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