snow plant
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noun
a leafless, parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, having a stout spike of bright red flowers, a thickly scaled stem, and a corallike mass of roots.
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Origin of snow plant
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby snow plant
snowpack, snow pea, snow pear, snow pellet, snow pellets, snow plant, snowplough, snowplow, snow pudding, snowscape, snowshed
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snow plant
noun
a saprophytic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of mountain pine forests of W North America, having a fleshy scaly reddish stalk, no leaves, and pendulous scarlet flowers that are often produced before the snow melts: family Monotropaceae
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