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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Monotropeæ .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of plants, used in some classifications for saprophytic herbs; it is sometimes included in the family
Pyrolaceae , and contains the genera Monotropa and Sarcodes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
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