broomrape

Meaning of broomrape

noun

a parasitic plant which bears tubular flowers on a leafless brown stem. It is attached by its tubers to the roots of the host plant.

late 16th century: from broom + Latin rapum ‘tuber’.

Information about broomrape

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of broomrape is: broomrapes.
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Hyphenation of broomrape

broom-rape

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • broomrape is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with broomrape

Rape, rape, sarape, zarape, bescrape, crape, handscrape, jumpscrape, scrape, skyscrape, Drape, bedrape, drape, indrape, overdrape, redrape, undrape, serape, frape, grape, hollygrape, shrape, antirape, trape

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