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Webster 1913 Edition


Monotropa

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Mo-not′ro-pa

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
μόνοσ
single + [GREEK] turn, from [GREEK] to turn.]
(Bot.)
A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.