beech·drops or beech-drops 
(bēchdrŏps′)
(bēchdrŏps′)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A brownish eastern North American plant (Epifagus virginiana) having scalelike leaves and whitish tubular flowers with brown-purple stripes. It is parasitic on the roots of the American beech tree, Fagus grandifolia.