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pinesap

N กาฝาก จำพวก  Monotropa ใน อเมริกา เหนือ 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PINESAP

PINESAP Pine "sap `, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pinesap

pine sap |ˈpīnˌsap ˈpaɪnsæp | ▶noun a saprophytic woodland plant related to wintergreen, lacking chlorophyll and bearing one or more waxy bell-shaped flowers. [Two species in the family Monotropaceae (or Pyrolaceae ): the yellow or reddish Monotropa hypopithys (also called false beechdrops ), common in eastern North America, and the pinkish or purplish violet-scented Monotropsis odorata (also called sweet pinesap ).]

 

Oxford Dictionary

pinesap

pine |sap ▶noun N. Amer. a woodland plant related to wintergreen, lacking chlorophyll and bearing one or more waxy bell-shaped flowers. ●Two species in the family Monotropaceae: the violet-scented sweet pinesap (Monotropsis odorata ), and the yellow bird's-nest.