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Orobanchaceae

noun

brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales

• Syn: ↑family Orobanchaceae, ↑broomrape family

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales

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\\ˌōrōˌbaŋˈkāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Orobanche, type genus + -aceae

: a family of widely distributed brown or yellow leafless root-parasitic herbs (order Polemoniales) with axillary or spicate 2-lipped flowers and a 1-celled ovary

Useful english dictionary. 2012.