1. a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants; [syn: Hydnoraceae, family Hydnoraceae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
family Hydnoraceae
n 1: a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that
are parasitic on the roots of other plants [syn:
Hydnoraceae, family Hydnoraceae]