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[syn: pinesap, false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pinesap \Pine"sap`\, n. (Bot.)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pinesap
n 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
Hypopitys [syn: pinesap, false beachdrops, Monotropa
hypopithys]