Sy̆c'o-phănt'ic or Sy̆c'o-phănt'ic-al, a.

a. [Gr. συκοφαντικός.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic. “To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite.” South.

Sycophantic plants, or parasites, such as adhere to other plants, and depend on them for support.