Comandra

Comandra
noun
small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants
• Syn: ↑genus Comandra
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Santalaceae, ↑family Santalaceae, ↑sandalwood family
• Member Meronyms: ↑bastard toadflax, ↑Comandra pallida

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\\kəˈmandrə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin coma hair + New Latin -andra; from the hairy calyx lobes that are attached to the anthers — more at coma
: a small genus of chiefly No. American herbs (family Santalaceae) that are usually partial parasites attaching to other plants by underground holdfasts and that have creeping stems, whitish flowers in terminal clusters, and a dry nut as fruit

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  • Comandra — Bastard Toadflax Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

  • Comandra — n. small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants. Syn: genus {Comandra}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Comandra —   Comandra Comandra umbellata …   Wikipedia Español

  • Comandra — ID 20856 Symbol Key COMAN Common Name bastard toadflax Family Santalaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Comandra pallida — noun woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull white flowers • Syn: ↑bastard toadflax • Hypernyms: ↑parasitic plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Comandra, ↑genus Comandra …   Useful english dictionary

  • Comandra umbellata — ID 20857 Symbol Key COUM Common Name bastard toadflax Family Santalaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Comandra umbellata ssp. californica — ID 20858 Symbol Key COUMC Common Name California bastard toadflax Family Santalaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV, OR, WA Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida — ID 20861 Symbol Key COUMP Common Name pale bastard toadflax Family Santalaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CO, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Comandra umbellata ssp. umbellata — ID 20865 Symbol Key COUMU Common Name bastard toadflax Family Santalaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • comandra — co·man·dra …   English syllables

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