ˌhidnəˈrāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Hydnora, type genus + -aceae
: a family of African and Argentinian highly modified flowering plants (order Aristolochiales) that are parasitic on the roots of other plants and consist of a branched subterranean system of leafless rhizoid shoots from which large succulent solitary flowers are sent up to the surface of the ground — compare rafflesiaceae
• hyd·no·ra·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rāshəs adjective