broomrape

See also: broom-rape and broom rape

English

slender broomrape (Orobanche gracilis)

broom +‎ rape, part translation of 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.

broomrape (countable and uncountable, plural broomrapes)

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

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)
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
Welsh: gorfanadl f pl, gorfanadl ffa f pl

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