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MONOTROPA HYPOPITHYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monotropa hypopithys mean? 

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

1. 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 Hypopitysplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MONOTROPA HYPOPITHYS (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

false beachdrops; Monotropa hypopithys; pinesap

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

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

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

genus Monotropa; Monotropa (leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae)


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