broomrape

broom·rape

noun \-ˌrāp\

Definition of BROOMRAPE

: any of a genus (Orobanche of the family Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family) of herbs that have leaves modified to scales and that grow as parasites on the roots of other plants

First Known Use of BROOMRAPE

1578

Rhymes with BROOMRAPE

cloudscape, date rape, escape, fox grape, gang rape, great ape, landscape, man ape, moonscape, North Cape, red tape, reshape, sea grape, seascape, shipshape, snowscape, streetscape, take shape, townscape, transshape, undrape, waveshape