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Cuscuta is an example of:

1. ectoparasitism
2. brood parasitism
3. predation
4. endoparasitism

Correct answer: ectoparasitism

Solution

Cuscuta (dodder) is a parasitic plant that twines around a host and draws nutrients through haustoria while remaining outside the host tissues. That makes it an ectoparasite, not an internal parasite or a predator.

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