pine-drops

pine·drops

[pahyn-drops]
noun, plural pine·drops.
1.
a slender, leafless, parasitic North American plant, Pterospora andromedea, having nodding white to red flowers, found growing under pines.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; pine1 + drop + -s3

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