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English > 1 sense of the word Orobanchaceae:
NOUNplantOrobanchaceae, family Orobanchaceae, broomrape familybrown or yellow leafless herbs
English > Orobanchaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningbrown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales.
Synonymsfamily Orobanchaceae, broomrape family
Member ofPolemoniales, order PolemonialesPolemoniaceae
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination