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false beechdrops

noun

See under pinesap.

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Nearby words

  1. false ankylosis,
  2. false aralia,
  3. false arrest,
  4. false bay,
  5. false bedding,
  6. false blepharoptosis,
  7. false bottom,
  8. false bread-fruit,
  9. false buckthorn,
  10. false card

Origin of false beechdrops

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

pinesap

[pahyn-sap]

noun

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

Origin of pinesap

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