The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλῶρος“thong”
- English todayloranthaceous
From translingual Loranthaceae + -ous, from Loranthus, from Ancient Greek λῶρος (lôros, “thong”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
loranthaceous
Today it means: Of or relating to the family Loranthaceae of showy mistletoes. Full definition →
Ancient Greek λῶρος