broomrape

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  1. noun Any of various parasitic herbs of the genus Orobanche, having purplish or yellowish flowers and small scalelike leaves that lack chlorophyll. Broomrape grows on the roots of various plants.

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  • Mini-spear leaf pusher broomrape control air-cured tobacco crop. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Great & Most used Chinese diet to boost your immune system includes chicken soup tonic that contains deng shen, sliced ginger & broomrape sliced ginger. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Immunochemical investigation of broomrape-susceptible and - resistant varieties of sunflower —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Reaction of some varieties, lines and wild species of sunflower to mildew, rust and broomrape —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Brown stalks of broomrape were still standing, and I lighted upon a lingering bee-ophrys, a plant which by its amazing mimicry makes one look at it with awe as if it were something supernatural It was an invitation to lunch at a presbytery that was the reason for my companion taking a walk of about eight miles. —  Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine
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  1. Translation of Medieval Latin rāpum genistae : Latin rāpum, underground stock of a tree + Latin genistae, genitive of genista, broom (from the growth of these tubers on the roots of broom).
 

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