orobanche
French, noun/ɔ.ʁɔ.bɑ̃ʃ/
orobanche is spelled O-R-O-B-A-N-C-H-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written French, the 172,049th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orobanche is a French feminine noun meaning “broomrape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante dicotylédone holoparasite sans chlorophylle, dont la tige est charnue, brunâtre et garnie d’écailles…”.
What does orobanche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebroomrape
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante dicotylédone holoparasite sans chlorophylle, dont la tige est charnue, brunâtre et garnie d’écailles au lieu de feuilles, et dont l’espèce commune croît principalement sur les racines des plantes légumineuses.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of orobanche
- orobanches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orobanche?
- /ɔ.ʁɔ.bɑ̃ʃ/
- \ɔ.ʁɔ.bɑ̃ʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is orobanche in French?
orobanche appears about once in every 29 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).