broomrape

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9

Definition of broomrape

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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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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