Are parasitic plants draw food from their hosts with the help of special roots?

Parasitic plants are plants that derive some or all of their nutrition from other living plants, their hosts.They attach to the host plants and extract water and nutrients from their roots. In some cases, parasitic plants also produce structures called haustoria, which are specialized roots that penetrate the host's tissues and absorb nutrients directly from the host's vascular system.

Examples of parasitic plants include mistletoe, dodder, and broomrape. Mistletoe is a semi-parasitic plant that attaches to trees and absorbs water and nutrients from their branches. Dodder is a stem parasitic plant that twines around the stems of other plants and extracts nutrients from them. Broomrape is a root parasitic plant that attaches to the roots of other plants and absorbs nutrients from them.