Noun | 1. | ![]() dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs family Monotropaceae, Monotropaceae - used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes Sarcodes sanguinea, snow plant - a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground |