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FALSE BEACHDROPS
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
false beachdrops; Monotropa hypopithys; pinesap
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("false beachdrops" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("false beachdrops" is a member of...):
genus Monotropa; Monotropa (leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae)