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- Latin · derived fromrapum
- English todaybroomrape
From broom + rape, a partial calque of translingual Orobanche rapum-genistae, where Latin rapum means turnip and genista means broom. Orobanche rapum-genistae is parasitic on broom plants. Compare rapeseed. Cognates include Dutch bremraap.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.