MONOTROPA

Meaning of MONOTROPA in English

noun a genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the indian pipe and pine sap. the name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

MONOTROPA — məˈnä.trəpə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek monotropē, feminine of monotropos living alone, from mon- + tropos turn, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONOTROPA — (n.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the …
Английский словарь Webster
MONOTROPA — ( n. ) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PINESAP — noun Date: 1840 any of several yellowish or reddish parasitic or saprophytic herbs (genus Monotropa ) of the wintergreen family …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INDIAN PIPE — noun Date: circa 1818 a waxy white saprophytic herb ( Monotropa uniflora of the family Monotropaceae, the Indian-pipe family) of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INDIAN PIPE — Nongreen herbaceous plant ( Monotropa uniflora ) that is saprophytic (living on the remains of dead plants). Clusters grow in …
Английский словарь Британика
PINESAP — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several parasitic or saprophytic herbs of the genus Monotropa of the north temperate zone resembling …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONOTROPSIS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷.ˈträpsə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, blend of Monotropa and -opsis; from its resemblance to Monotropa : a genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONOTROPACEAE — məˌnä.trəˈpāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Monotropa, type genus + -aceae in some classifications : a family …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDIAN PIPE — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: indian (II) 2; perhaps from the use of its pithy stems by American Indians …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYPOPITYS — hīˈpäpəd.ə̇s, hə̇ˈ- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from hypo- + Greek pitys pine — more at pine (tree) in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALSE BEECHDROPS — noun : a pinesap ( Monotropa hypopiths )
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINESAP — (n.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of …
Английский словарь Webster
PINESAP — ( n. ) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PINESAP — /puyn"sap'/ , n. either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, esp. the tawny or reddish M. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INDIAN PIPE — a leafless, pearly white, saprophytic plant, Monotropa uniflora, of North America and Asia, having a solitary white flower and resembling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINESAP — noun Date: 1840 : any of several yellowish or reddish parasitic or saprophytic herbs (genus Monotropa ) of the wintergreen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INDIAN PIPE — Date: circa 1818 : a waxy white saprophytic herb ( Monotropa uniflora of the family Monotropaceae, the Indian-pipe family) of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINESAP — noun a reddish fleshy herb of the genus monotropa (m. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of …
Webster English vocab
BIRD'S-NEST — ■ noun 1》 a brownish or yellowish saprophytic flowering plant with scale-like leaves. [ Monotropa hypopitys ( yellow ~ ) …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PINESAP — [pine.sap] n (1840): any of several yellowish or reddish parasitic or saprophytic herbs (genus Monotropa) of the wintergreen family resembling …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INDIAN PIPE — [Indian pipe] n (ca. 1818): a waxy white saprophytic herb (Monotropa uniflora of the family Monotropaceae, the Indian-pipe family) of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INDIAN PIPE — also called corpse plant, convulsion root, or fits root (Monotropa uniflora) nongreen herb, of the family Monotropaceae, that is saprophytic …
Britannica English vocabulary
INDIAN PIPE — Nongreen herbaceous plant ( Monotropa uniflora ) that is saprophytic (living on the remains of dead plants). Clusters grow in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PIPE PLANT — вертляница одноцветковая (Monotropa uniflora)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PINEDROPS — бот. вертляница стройная (Monotropa procera)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FITROOT PLANT — вертляница одноцветковая (Monotropa uniflora)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DUTCHMAN'S-PIPE — бот. 1) кирказон крупнолистный (Aristolochia macrophylla) 2) вертляница одноцветковая (Monotropa uniflora)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CONVULSION WEED — вертляница одноцветковая (Monotropa uniflora)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
CONVULSION ROOT — бот. вертляница одноцветковая (Monotropa uniflora)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PIPE PLANT — вертляница одноцветковая ( Monotropa uniflora )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

Webster English vocab

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