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hypopitys
(wn) | Hypopitys
n 1: term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which
are usually included in the genus Monotropa [syn:
Hypopitys, genus Hypopitys] |
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Monotropa hypopitys
(gcide) | Pinesap \Pine"sap`\, n. (Bot.)
A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa ({Monotropa
hypopitys}), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of
pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
[1913 Webster]Bird's nest \Bird's" nest`\, or Bird's-nest \Bird's-nest\, n.
1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
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2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow ({Collocalia
nidifica} and several allied species), of China and the
neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
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Note: The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs
on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of alg[ae].
They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance
resemble isinglass. See Illust. under Edible.
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3. (Bot.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus
Neottia (Neottia nidus-avis).
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Bird's-nest pudding, a pudding containing apples whose
cores have been replaced by sugar.
Yellow bird's nest, a plant, the Monotropa hypopitys.
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genus hypopitys
(wn) | genus Hypopitys
n 1: term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which
are usually included in the genus Monotropa [syn:
Hypopitys, genus Hypopitys] |
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