broomrape

See also: broom-rape and broom rape

English

Wikispecies

slender broomrape (Orobanche gracilis)

Alternative forms

• broom-rape, broom rape

Etymology

From broom +‎ rape, a partial translation of the species name Orobanche rapum-genistae, where Latin rapum means turnip and genista means broom. Orobanche rapum-genistae is parasitic on broom plants. Compare rapeseed. Cognates include Dutch bremraap.

Noun

broomrape (countable and uncountable, plural broomrapes)

1. Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.

Derived terms

• naked broomrape

Translations

plant of the genus Orobanche

• Arabic: هَالُوك m (hālūk) (Egypt), جَعْفِيل m (jaʕfīl), أَسَد الْعَدَس m (ʔasad al-ʕadas), خَانِق الْكَرْسَنَّة m (ḵāniq al-karsanna)
• Catalan: frare (ca) m, orobanque m
• Czech: záraza f, mordovka f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bremraap (nl)
• Finnish: näive (fi)
• French: orobanche (fr) f
• German: Sommerwurz f, Erbsenwürger f (archaic), Ervenwürger f (archaic)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὀροβάγχη f (orobánkhē)

• Irish: múchóg f
• Navajo: łeeʼdoolʼeezí
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zaraza (pl) f
• Russian: зарази́ха (ru) f (zarazíxa)
• Spanish: orobanca f
• Swedish: snyltrot c
• Turkish: canavar otu (tr)
• Welsh: gorfanadl f pl