Loranthus

noun

Lo·​ran·​thus

ləˈran(t)thəs

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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin lorum strap + New Latin -anthus

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