indian pipe

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Definitions of indian pipe words

noun indian pipe a leafless, pearly white, saprophytic plant, Monotropa uniflora, of North America and Asia, having a solitary white flower and resembling a tobacco pipe. 1
noun indian pipe a white or pinkish saprophytic woodland plant, Monotropa uniflora, of the N hemisphere, with a solitary nodding flower resembling a pipe: family Monotropaceae 0
noun indian pipe a leafless, fleshy, white, saprophytic plant (Monotropa uniflora) of the heath family, native to the forests of the Northern Hemisphere: its unbranched, erect stalks each bear a single, nodding, white flower 0
noun indian pipe A white myco-heterotrophic herb, Monotropa uniflora, of the family Ericaceae. 0

before 1785

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