broomrape family

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsOrobanchaceaefamily Orobanchaceae

   Broaderdicot family

   Part ofPolemoniales

Questions about broomrape family

What does broomrape family mean?

broomrape family means "brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales".

What is another word for broomrape family?

Close synonyms include Orobanchaceae, family Orobanchaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is broomrape family a common word?

broomrape family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.