■ noun
1》 a brownish or yellowish saprophytic flowering plant with scale-like leaves. [ Monotropa hypopitys ( yellow ~ ) and Pterospora andromeda ( giant ~ , N. America).]
2》 a fungus with a small bowl-shaped fruiting body that opens to reveal egg-shaped organs containing the spores. [ Crucibulum laeve and other species, family Nidulariaceae.]