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Indian pipe   /ˈɪndiən paɪp/   Listen
Indian pipe

noun
1.
Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age.  Synonyms: Monotropa uniflora, waxflower.





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"Indian pipe" Quotes from Famous Books



... any boy in the village. He knew just where to find the first Mayflowers, and would bring home the waxen beauties when other people had scarcely begun to think about the spring. He could tell where to look for the rare fringed gentian, the yellow violet, the Indian pipe. There were clefts in the rocks of the Indian Cellar where, when every one else failed, he could find ...
— The Village Watch-Tower • (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin


Words linked to "Indian pipe" :   Monotropa, wildflower, Monotropa uniflora, wild flower, genus Monotropa


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