Hydnoraceae
plural noun
Hyd·no·ra·ce·ae
ˌhidnəˈrāsēˌē
: a family of African and Argentinian highly modified flowering plants (order Aristolochiales) that are parasitic on the roots of other plants and consist of a branched subterranean system of leafless rhizoid shoots from which large succulent solitary flowers are sent up to the surface of the ground compare rafflesiaceae
hydnoraceous adjective
¦⸗⸗¦rāshəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Hydnora, type genus + -aceae