Pinesap

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pinesap \Pine"sap`\, n. (Bot.)
     A reddish fleshy herb of the genus {Monotropa} ({Monotropa
     hypopitys}), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of
     pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pinesap
       n : fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the
           Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern
           North America; in some classifications placed in a
           separate genus Hypopitys [syn: {false beachdrops}, {Monotropa
           hypopithys}]