snow plant
n.
A fleshy saprophytic plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) in the heath family, native to western North America, having a scaly reddish stalk and scarlet flowers and typically emerging early in the spring.
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snow plant
n
(Plants) a saprophytic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of mountain pine forests of W North America, having a fleshy scaly reddish stalk, no leaves, and pendulous scarlet flowers that are often produced before the snow melts: family Monotropaceae
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snow′ plant`
n.
a leafless parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the wintergreen family, common in the Sierra Nevada in California and having a red flower spike and a thickly scaled stem.
[1840–50]
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| Noun | 1. |  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 groundwild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant genus Sarcodes, Sarcodes - snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae |
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