Indian pipe Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
waxflower; Monotropa uniflora.
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(Bot.) , a low, fleshy herb (Monotropa uniflora ), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.