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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Monotropeæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A natural family of plants, used in some classifications for saprophytic herbs; it is sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae, and contains the genera Monotropa and Sarcodes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes

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