orobanchaceous

[awr-oh-bang-key-shuh s, or-]

adjective

belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.

Compare broomrape family.

Origin of orobanchaceous

< New Latin Orobanchace(ae) family name (Latin orobanch(ē) broomrape (< Greek orobánchē) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for orobanchaceous

orobanchaceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Orobanchaceae, a family of flowering plants all of which are root parasites, including broomrapes

Word Origin for orobanchaceous

via Latin from Greek orobankhē broomrape

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