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‖ monotropa Bot.|məˈnəʊtrəpə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus 1737), f. Gr. µονότροπος living alone, solitary, f. µόνο-ς mono- + τρόπος turn, direction, way, manner (f. τρέπειν to turn).]
A genus of dicotyledonous plants, the type of the family Monotropeæ, characterized by a solitary flower with separate petals. M. uniflora (the only species) is the Indian-pipe or corpse-plant. Also this plant.
[1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Monotropa, in botany, the name of a genus of plants, called by Tournefort, orobanchoides, and by Dillenius, hypopitis.] 1778G. White Selborne, To Barrington 3 July, Monotropa hypopithys, yellow monotropa, or birds' nest. 1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. x. 61 The Monotropa, or Indian pipe, is of pure white, resembling wax-work. 1905Longm. Mag. Jan. 257 The uncanny yellow monotropa abounds as of old. |