HyperDic: genus_monotropa

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Monotropa:
NOUNplantgenus Monotropa, Monotropaleafless fleshy saprophytic plants
English > genus Monotropa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningleafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae.
SynonymMonotropa
Member ofMonotropaceae, family MonotropaceaeUsed in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae
MembersIndian pipe, waxflower, Monotropa uniflorasmall waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower
pinesap, false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithysfleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus monotropa, monotropa
Catalangenus monotropa, monotropa, Monotropa

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