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Noun: broomrape family  'broom,reyp 'fa-mu-lee
  1. Brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
    "Broomrape family plants parasitize the roots of other plants";
    - Orobanchaceae, family Orobanchaceae

Type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family

Part of: order Polemoniales, Polemoniales

Encyclopedia: Broomrape family