pinesap

[ pahyn-sap ]

noun
  1. either of two parasitic or saprophytic plants of the genus Monotropa, especially the tawny or reddish M. hypopithys(false beechdrops ), of eastern North America.

Origin of pinesap

1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; pine1 + sap1

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