Monotropa

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Noun

Monotropa - leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceaegenus Monotropadilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsfamily Monotropaceae, Monotropaceae - used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and SarcodesIndian pipe, Monotropa uniflora, waxflower - small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with agefalse beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys, pinesap - fleshy 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

Monotropa

a genus of perennial grassy plants of the Monotropaceae family. They are low saprophytic plants (feeding on dead organic material) that lack chlorophyll. They have succulent whitish or yellowish stalks, which carry reduced scale-like leaves. The strongly branched under-ground part is equipped with mycorrhizae. There are four or five species in the genus, growing in the forests of eastern Asia and America. There is one species in the USSR (M. uniflora), which lives in the coniferous and coniferous-broad-leaved forests of the Far East. Earlier, species of the Monotropa were joined with the genus Hypopitys and were related to the family of Pyrolaceae.

Monotropa

Related to Monotropa: Monotropa hypopitys

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Synonyms for Monotropa

noun leafless fleshy saprophytic plants

Synonyms

genus Monotropa

Related Words

dilleniid dicot genus
family Monotropaceae
Monotropaceae
Indian pipe
Monotropa uniflora
waxflower
false beachdrops
Monotropa hypopithys
pinesap

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