Cuscutaceae


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Cuscutaceae

[kə‚skyü′tās·ē‚ē]
(botany)
A family of parasitic dicotyledonous plants in the order Polemoniales which lack internal phloem and chlorophyll, have capsular fruit, and are not rooted to the ground at maturity.
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