hematophyte

noun
he·​ma·​to·​phyte
variants: or chiefly British haematophyte \ ˈhē-​mət-​ə-​ˌfīt How to pronounce haematophyte (audio) , hi-​ˈmat-​ə-​ How to pronounce haematophyte (audio) \

Medical Definition of hematophyte

: a plant parasite (as a bacterium) of the blood