Meaning

1 senses
  1. A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers.

    Fichtenspargel

More definitions
  • 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

Translations

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By meaning 1
Monotropa hypopitys:

Origin

From pine + sap.

From pine + sap.

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Forms

plural: pinesaps
Singularpinesap
Pluralpinesaps

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Monotropa hypopitys:false beechdropsdutchman’s pipeyellow bird’s nest
Close in meaning
  • 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:false beachdropsMonotropa hypopithys

See also

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