A genus of rare, fleshy parasitic plants that grow on the roots of other plants in deserts and salty soils.
From Greek 'cyno-' meaning dog and 'morion' meaning root or foolish; the plant was thought to resemble a dog's head or was considered oddly shaped, hence the name.
Cynomorium coccineum, found in Mediterranean salt marshes, was historically used in Bedouin medicine and is so strange-looking that early naturalists weren't even sure if it was a fungus or a plant!
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