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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinesap  \Pine"sap`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pinesap 
  n  :  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  [syn:  {false  beachdrops},  {Monotropa 
  hypopithys}] 




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