Broomrape

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From broom + rape, a partial calque of translingual Orobanche rapum-genistae, where Latin rapum means turnip and genista means broom. Orobanche rapum-genistae is parasitic on broom plants. Compare rapeseed. Cognates include Dutch bremraap.

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