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‖ Orobanche|ɒrəʊˈbæŋkɪ|
[L. (Pliny), a. Gr. ὀροβάγχη, f. ὄροβ-ος Orobus + ἄγχ-ειν to throttle.]
A genus of leafless plants (Tournefort, 1700), parasitical on the roots of other plants, chiefly Leguminosæ; the broomrape. Also attrib.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 71 b, It choketh and strangleth them [pulses] where of it hath the name of Orobanche, that is chokefitche or strangletare. 1601Holland Pliny II. 145 A weed there is which we named Orobanche, for that it choketh Eruile and other pulse. 1873Tristram Moab xiii. 249 Splendid orobanches, of two species..thrive on the roots of the Atriplex halimus. 1890Athenæum 21 June 805/2 Specimen of an orobanche parasitic upon a pelargonium.
Hence oroˈbancheous a., of or pertaining to the family Orobancheæ or Orobanchaceæ.
1857in Mayne Expos. Lex. |