orobanche

[Lat., from Gr. or obang che =a parasitic plant; that of Theophrastus, probably= dodder; that of Dioscorides=broomrape.] Bot Broomrape, the typical genus of the order Orobanchacen with a persistent base Known (q. v.). Corolla surgent, four to five species about seventy. or-o-bus, s. [ Gr.orobos =the bitter vetch.] Bot.: Formerly a genus of Viciem, now a subgenus of Lathyrus. Perennial plants, without tendrils; calyx gibbous at the base. or-o-grăph-Ic, *or-o-graph-ic-al, a. [Eng. orograph(y); -ic, -ical.] Of or pertaining to orog raphy. IMG:content-0376.png:[blocks in formation] tise on mountains. 2936