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pinesap
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pinesap has 1 sense
- pinesap(n = noun.plant) false beachdrops, monotropa hypopithys - 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; Array is a kind of wild flower, wildflower
is a member of genus monotropa, monotropa
CIDE DICTIONARY
pinesap, n.
A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (Monotropa hypopitys ), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic. [1913 Webster]
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