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Parasitical cronies cadge a few rubles from him, while his decrepit old manservant grumps and bemoans the good old days.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parasitical plants would be a complete study for the botanist here.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

Parasitical ferns—the staghorns of the conservatory—depend from every branch.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard

Holstein has written an eulogium on the North Wind; Heinsius, on "the Ass;" Menage, "the Transmigration of the Parasitical Pedant to a Parrot;" and also the "Petition of the Dictionaries."

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

Parasitical plants of the genus Loranthus are very apt to attach themselves to the branches, and if not removed do great injury.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.