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Meaning of PINESAP

Pronunciation:  'pIn`sap

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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
 
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 Synonyms: false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys
 
 See Also: genus Monotropa, Monotropa, wild flower, wildflower

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pine"sap`\, n. (Bot.)
A reddish fleshy herb of the genus {Monotropa} ({M.
hypopitys}), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of
pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
 

 

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