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Loranthus

noun

type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species

• Syn: ↑genus Loranthus

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Loranthaceae, ↑family Loranthaceae, ↑mistletoe family

• Member Meronyms: ↑mistletoe, ↑Loranthus europaeus

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\\ləˈran(t)thəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin lorum strap + New Latin -anthus — more at lore

: a very large mostly tropical genus (the type of the family Loranthaceae) of hemiparasitic plants distinguished by the baccate or drupaceous fruit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.