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MONOTROPA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae
Synonyms:
genus Monotropa; Monotropa
Classified under:
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)
