Usually means: Parasitic plant, lacks chlorophyll, harmful.
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  1. broomrape: Merriam-Webster
  2. broomrape: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. broomrape: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. broomrape: Collins English Dictionary
  5. broomrape: Wiktionary
  6. broomrape: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. broomrape: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. broomrape: Dictionary.com
  9. Broomrape: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. broomrape: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. broomrape: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Broomrape: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (broomrape)

▸ noun:  Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.

Similar:
broom-rape, naked broomrape, ghost pipe, cancer root, chokeweed, broom, broomweed, broombush, coralwort, squawroot, more...

Opposite:
antithesis, contrary, reverse

Phrases:
broomrape family, more...

Adjectives:
egyptian, branched, crenate, naked, parasitic

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Similar:
broom-rape, naked broomrape, ghost pipe, cancer root, chokeweed, broom, broomweed, broombush, coralwort, squawroot, more...

Opposite:
antithesis, contrary, reverse

Phrases:
broomrape family, more...

Adjectives:
egyptian, branched, crenate, naked, parasitic



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