SINCE 1828
Indian pipe
nounDefinition 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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