Lo-răn’thus, n.
n. [Gr. λώρον, thong, and ἄνθος, flower.] (Bot.) A genus of plants most of which are parasitic upon trees, and are found in the tropics:—so called from the long, slender, leathery petals of the flowers.
n. [Gr. λώρον, thong, and ἄνθος, flower.] (Bot.) A genus of plants most of which are parasitic upon trees, and are found in the tropics:—so called from the long, slender, leathery petals of the flowers.