A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Parasite: parasitus,-i (s.m.II), abl.sg. parasite, a male parasite; parasita,-ae (s.f.I), abl.sg. parasite, , a female parasite [> L. > Gk. parasitos (s.m.II), 'one who eats with another, a guest; one who manages to live at another's expense;' a sponger, toad-eater, parasite];

NOTE: Agardh occasionally uses the noun ‘parasite’ as a feminine first declension noun. - inflorescentiis per parasitas redactis, with inflorescences reduced by parasites.

- parasitae speciem (Agardh), a species [acc.sg.] of parasite.

- (algae) ramuli filo primario dissimiles, acuti, fasciculati, penicillum lanceolatum, viridem, erectum, filo primario veluti appositum & quasi parasitam formantes, ultimus ceteris multo longior (Agardh), the branches different from the primary filament, acute, elongate, fasciculate, forming a lanceolate, green penicillum, erect as if alongside it and as though it was a parasite.

- [Florideae; alga] Algae semper marinae et maria salsiora praeferentes, raro loca sole exposita inhabitantes, obscuriora vel aperti maris vel sinuum non nimium seclusorum praeoptantes, plurimae rupicolae aut in vicinia rupium aliis parasitae (Agardh), marine algae inhabiting always the more salty seas, rarely places exposed to the sun, more hidden, preferring rather either of the open sea or of not too secluded bays, most being rock-dwellers or parasites on others in the vicinity of rocks.

Shelter-parasite: any of various organisms such as insects, mites or fungi that use modified plant parts for shelter; see domatium,-ii (s.n.II); see acarodomatium,-ii (s.n.II); see formicatium,-ii (s.n.II).