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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A purplish-brown, leafless, North American plant (Pterospora andromedea) living as a parasite on roots and having urn-shaped, reddish or white flowers arranged in a terminal raceme.
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
beech-drops and Pterospora.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A reddish herb (
Pterospora andromedea ) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A reddish
herb (Pterospora andromedea) of theUnited States , foundparasitic on theroots ofpine trees.
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