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Indian pipe   /ˈɪndiən paɪp/   Listen
Indian pipe

noun
1.
Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age.  Synonyms: Monotropa uniflora, waxflower.






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"Indian pipe" Quotes from Famous Books



... moccasons of the finest Indian fabric, richly embroidered with beads. A blanket of scarlet, or some other bright color, hangs from his shoulders, and is girt around his waist with a red sash, in which he bestows his pistols, knife, and the stem of his Indian pipe; preparations either for peace or war. His gun is lavishly decorated with brass tacks and vermilion, and provided with a fringed cover, occasionally of buckskin, ornamented here and there with a feather. His horse, the noble ...
— The Adventures of Captain Bonneville - Digested From His Journal • Washington Irving



Words linked to "Indian pipe" :   wildflower, wild flower, Monotropa, genus Monotropa



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