pinesap

pine·sap

P0313000 (pīn′săp′)n. A fleshy white or reddish plant (Monotropa hypopitys) in the heath family, growing as a saprophyte or parasite on tree roots and having racemes with a few drooping flowers.

pinesap

(ˈpaɪnˌsæp) n (Plants) a fleshy yellowish-red perennial herb of N America (Monotropa hypopitys)

pine•sap

(ˈpaɪnˌsæp)

n. any of several parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, as the reddish M. hypopithys, and M. uniflora, the Indian pipe. [1830–40, Amer.]

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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 Hypopitysfalse beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithyswild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plantgenus Monotropa, Monotropa - leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae

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