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pine·sap
(pīn′săp′)n.
A fleshy white or reddish plant (Monotropa hypopitys) in the heath family, growing as a saprophyte or parasite on tree roots and having racemes with a few drooping flowers.
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pinesap
(ˈpaɪnˌsæp)n
(Plants) a fleshy yellowish-red perennial herb of N America (Monotropa hypopitys)
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pine•sap
(ˈpaɪnˌsæp)n.
any of several parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, as the reddish M. hypopithys, and M. uniflora, the Indian pipe.
[1830–40, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  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 Hypopityswild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant genus Monotropa, Monotropa - leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae |
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