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pinesap

pinesap noun: a myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers. Also the alternative spelling of pine sap.

Noun

pinesap (plural pinesaps)

  1. A myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers.
    Synonyms:
    false beechdrops, dutchman’s pipe, yellow bird’s nest

Also used as

pinesap is also the alternative spelling of pine sap.

Synonyms of pinesap

  • false beechdrops
  • dutchman’s pipe
  • yellow bird’s nest

Forms of pinesap

pluralpinesaps

Origin of pinesap

From pine + sap.

Questions about pinesap

What does pinesap mean?
Pinesap means a myco-heterotroph (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be a saprophyte, having racemes of drooping flowers.
What part of speech is pinesap?
Pinesap is a noun.
What is the plural of pinesap?
The plural of pinesap is pinesaps.

Words near pinesap in the dictionary

  1. Pineros
  2. piners
  3. pinery
  4. pines
  5. pines away
  6. pinesap
  7. pinesaps
  8. pinest
  9. pineta
  10. pineth
  11. Pinette

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