genus Sarcodes

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1.genus Sarcodes - snow plant; in some classifications placed in family PyrolaceaeSarcodesdilleniid 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 SarcodesSarcodes sanguinea, snow plant - a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground