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Indian pipe

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Indian pipe (noun)
  2. Indian-pipe family (noun)

Indian pipe

noun

Definition of INDIAN PIPE

: a waxy white saprophytic herb (Monotropa uniflora of the family Monotropaceae, the Indian-pipe family) of Asia and North America with leaves reduced to scales and that turns black in drying
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First Known Use of INDIAN PIPE

circa 1818

Rhymes with INDIAN PIPE

daguerreotype, electrotype, somatotype, stereotype

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