HyperDic: monotropa_hypopithys

English > 1 sense of the expression Monotropa hypopithys:
NOUNplantMonotropa hypopithys, pinesap, false beachdropsfleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America
English > Monotropa hypopithys: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningfleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys.
Synonymspinesap, false beachdrops
Member ofMonotropa, genus Monotropaleafless fleshy saprophytic plants
Broaderwildflower, wild flowerwild or uncultivated flowering plant
Spanishpinesap
Catalanpinesap

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