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GENUS MONOTROPA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceaeplay

Synonyms:

genus Monotropa; Monotropa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Monotropa" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Monotropa"):

Indian pipe; Monotropa uniflora; waxflower (small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age)

false beachdrops; Monotropa hypopithys; pinesap (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)

Holonyms ("genus Monotropa" is a member of...):

family Monotropaceae; Monotropaceae (used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes)

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