Akademik

Comandra

noun

small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants

• Syn: ↑genus Comandra

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Santalaceae, ↑family Santalaceae, ↑sandalwood family

• Member Meronyms: ↑bastard toadflax, ↑Comandra pallida

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\\kəˈmandrə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin coma hair + New Latin -andra; from the hairy calyx lobes that are attached to the anthers — more at coma

: a small genus of chiefly No. American herbs (family Santalaceae) that are usually partial parasites attaching to other plants by underground holdfasts and that have creeping stems, whitish flowers in terminal clusters, and a dry nut as fruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.