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 — [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 — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Orobanchaceae — noun brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales • Syn: ↑Orobanchaceae, ↑broomrape family • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Broomrape — Orobanche purpurea (Yarrow Broomrape) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
dicot family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑magnoliopsid family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
magnoliopsid family — noun family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination • Syn: ↑dicot family • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑magnoliid dicot family, ↑hamamelid dicot family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of Canadian plants by family O — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Oedipodiaceae * Oedipodium griffithianum Oleaceae * Fraxinus americana white ash * Fraxinus latifolia… … Wikipedia
Orobanchaceae — Broomrape family Striga bilabiata Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
