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Indian pipe

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Indian pipe
n.
A waxy white or sometimes pinkish saprophytic woodland plant (Monotropa uniflora) having scalelike leaves and a solitary nodding flower.
Indian pipe
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a white or pinkish saprophytic woodland plant, Monotropa uniflora, of the N hemisphere, with a solitary nodding flower resembling a pipe: family Monotropaceae
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Noun1.Indian pipeIndian pipe - small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
Monotropa uniflora, waxflower
wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
genus Monotropa, Monotropa - leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae


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Nelson's final lines read: "Trillium, apple blossoms, Queen Anne's lace, / Indian pipe, bloodroot, white as moonbeams, / Like the full moon, which smiled calmly on his death, / Like his gouged eye, which watched boots kick his face.
Marilyn Nelson: A Wreath for Emmett Till by Hearne, Betsy / The Horn Book Magazine
These include plants in the wintergreen family, such as Indian pipe, pinesap, and sweet pinesap.
Definitely among us. (Letters) by Strong, Joseph M. / Science News
I had drifted away from a backyard party in search of Indian pipe flowers for my little daughter and lost the trail.
Landscape and Memory by Nochlin, Linda / Artforum International
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