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false beechdrops

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false beechdrops

–noun
See under pinesap.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism

pine⋅sap

[pahyn-sap]
–noun
either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, esp. the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys (false beechdrops), of eastern North America.
Compare Indian pipe.


Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; pine 1 + sap 1
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