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† ˈorobe Obs. rare.
[a. F. orobe (1545 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. orobus, by mod. Fr. botanists applied to Orobus tuberosus, now Lathyrus macrorhizus: see Orobus.]
Some species of vetch or other leguminous plant.
1714Fr. Bk. of Rates 95 Orobes per 100 weight. 1756Rolt Dict. Trade, Orobe, a plant, whose seed and root are of some use in medicine and dying.
b. Comb. † orobe-strangler = Orobanche.
1562Turner Herbal ii. 72 It hath gotten the name Orobanche, that is Orobstrangler. |