MONOTROPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monotropa mean? 

• MONOTROPA (noun)
  The noun MONOTROPA has 1 sense:

1. leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae

  Familiarity information: MONOTROPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOTROPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Monotropa; Monotropa

Hypernyms ("Monotropa" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Monotropa"):

Indian pipe; Monotropa uniflora; waxflower (small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age)

false beachdrops; Monotropa hypopithys; pinesap (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)

Holonyms ("Monotropa" is a member of...):

family Monotropaceae; Monotropaceae (used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes)