pinesap

Plural: pinesaps

Noun

• fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
• A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers.
• Alternative spelling of pine sap.

Synonyms

dutchman’s pipe, false beachdrops, false beechdrops, Monotropa hypopithys, yellow bird’s nest