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单词 indian pipe
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Indian pipe


noun

a leafless, pearly white, saprophytic plant, Monotropa uniflora, of North America and Asia, having a solitary white flower and resembling a tobacco pipe.

Origin of Indian pipe

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Words nearby Indian pipe

Indian Ocean, Indianola, Indian paintbrush, Indian paint fungus, Indian physic, Indian pipe, Indian poke, Indian pudding, Indian red, Indian reserve, Indian rice
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  • And looking for Indian-pipe when we were not looking for anything?

    Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Indian pipe

Indian pipe

noun

a white or pinkish saprophytic woodland plant, Monotropa uniflora, of the N hemisphere, with a solitary nodding flower resembling a pipe: family Monotropaceae
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