wood rose

English

Noun

wood rose (plural wood roses)

Dactylanthus taylorii - a parasitic plant that lives on the forest floor where it attaches to a host root of trees taking nutrients from the host to create a burr which eventually turns into a flower-like growth.

Translations

a parasitic plant or part thereof

Maori: pua o Te Rēinga, pua rēinga

Anagrams

orewoods, rosewood

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