Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous plants, the type of the natural order Monotropeæ, characterized by a solitary flower with separate petals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae
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_Monotropa hypopithys_, yellow monotropa, or birds 'nest -- in Selborne
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
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