pinesap

Plural: pinesaps

Noun

• A fragrant parasitic herb without chlorophyll, often found near pines.
• 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 Hypopitys
• A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers.
• Alternative spelling of pine sap.

Examples

• Playing PINESAP, he secretly hoped its exotic name would intimidate his opponent.

Synonyms

false beachdrops, Monotropa hypopithys, dutchman’s pipe, false beechdrops, yellow bird’s nest