Cuscuta cannot synthesise its own food. It climbs on a different living plant for food. The plant on which it climbs is called a ____.

host

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saprophyte

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parasite

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Solution

The correct option is A
host

Cuscuta is a parasitic plant and is dependent on the living host plant for obtaining its food. It has no chlorophyll and thus it cannot make it's own food by performing photosynthesis.

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