pinesap Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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
Monotropa hypopithys; false beachdrops.
WordNet
Pine"sap` noun
Definitions
(Bot.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys ), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
