Which type of nutrition does cuscuta have?

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A Insectivorous
B Parasitic
C Saprotrophic
D Autotrophic

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Answer: B. Parasitic

Cuscuta has parasitic mode of nutrition. Since it doesn't have chlorophyll (the necessary pigment in plants for photosynthesis), it depends entirely on the host organism in which it sucks up all of the host plant's nutrition.

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