indian pipe in English
noun
1
a plant with a yellowish stem that bears a single drooping flower, native to North America and northeastern Asia. It lacks chlorophyll and obtains nourishment via symbiotic fungi in its roots.
The Indian pipe is a saprophyte, living chiefly on the decaying roots of other plants, particularly trees.
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1. 17 Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys.