broomrape

broomrape
noun Date: 1578 any of a genus (Orobanche of the family Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family) of herbs that have leaves modified to scales and that grow as parasites on the roots of other plants

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  • Broomrape — Orobanche purpurea (Yarrow Broomrape) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

  • broomrape — [bro͞om′rāp΄, broomrāp΄] n. [ BROOM + RAPE2, used as transl. of ML rapum genistae, lit., broom tuber] any of a genus (Orobanche) of the broomrape family of leafless, fleshy, parasitic plants growing on the roots of other plants adj. designating a …   English World dictionary

  • broomrape — /broohm rayp , broom /, n. any of various parasitic plants, esp. of the genus Orobanche, living on the roots of broom and other plants. Cf. broomrape family. [1570 80; partial trans. of ML rapum genistae tuber of the broom plant] * * * ▪ plant… …   Universalium

  • broomrape — druskinis žvakys statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Džioveklinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Cistanche salsa), paplitęs Azijoje ir pietryčių Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Cistanche salsa angl. broomrape šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • broomrape family — adj. the plant family Orobanchaceae, characterized by scaly, leafless herbaceous plants that are parasitic on the roots of other plants and have irregular flowers and many seeded capsular fruit, and including beechdrops, broomrape, and squawroot …   Universalium

  • broomrape family — noun brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales • Syn: ↑Orobanchaceae, ↑family Orobanchaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • broomrape — noun Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants …   Wiktionary

  • broomrape — n. parasitic plant with small flowers and very small leaves …   English contemporary dictionary

  • broomrape — noun a leafless parasitic plant with tubular flowers, which attaches itself to the roots of its host plant. [Genus Orobanche.] Origin C16: from broom + L. rapum tuber …   English new terms dictionary

  • broomrape — broom·rape …   English syllables

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