HyperDic: false_beachdrops

English > 1 sense of the expression false beachdrops:
NOUNplantfalse beachdrops, pinesap, Monotropa hypopithysfleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America
English > false beachdrops: 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, Monotropa hypopithys
Member ofMonotropa, genus Monotropaleafless fleshy saprophytic plants
Broaderwildflower, wild flowerwild or uncultivated flowering plant
Spanishpinesap
Catalanpinesap

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