family Loranthaceae

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family Loranthaceae - in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoriaLoranthaceae, mistletoe familydilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsorder Santalales, Santalales - order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on rootsgenus Loranthus, Loranthus - type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 speciesArceuthobium, genus Arceuthobium - genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifersgenus Nuytsia, Nuytsia - one speciesparasitic plant - plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it