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

¦⸗⸗¦rāshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Hydnora, type genus + -aceae

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