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monotropamore about monotropa

monotropa


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Monotropa  \Mo*not"ro*pa\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  single  +  ?  turn, 
  from  ?  to  turn.]  (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  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Monotropa 
  n  :  leafless  fleshy  saprophytic  plants;  in  some  classifications 
  placed  in  the  family  Pyrolaceae  [syn:  {Monotropa},  {genus 
  Monotropa}] 




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