单词 | Indian pipe |
释义 | Indian pipe (once / 90918 pages) n WORD FAMILY Indian pipe: Indian pipes USAGE EXAMPLESIndian pipe is a ghost of a plant: It lacks chlorophyll, so it can’t make its own food with sunlight the way most plants do. Slate(May 17, 2016) See opposite page for illustration of Indian pipes. Maximilian, Alexander Philipp, Travels in the Interior of North Am...(2012) In ferny shadows glimmers the ivory Indian pipe. Storm, Marian, Minstrel Weather(2012) n small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age Syn|Hyper Monotropa uniflora, waxflower wild flower, wildflower wild or uncultivated flowering plant |
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