NOUN | plant | genus Monotropa, Monotropa | leafless fleshy saprophytic plants |
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Meaning | leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae. | |
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Synonym | Monotropa | |
Member of | Monotropaceae, family Monotropaceae | Used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae |
Members | Indian pipe, waxflower, Monotropa uniflora | small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower |
pinesap, false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys | fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America | |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
Spanish | genus monotropa, monotropa | |
Catalan | genus monotropa, monotropa, Monotropa |
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