单词 | pinedrops |
释义 | > as lemmaspinedrops pinedrops n. a tall saprophytic plant, Pterospora andromedea (family Ericaceae), of North American pine forests (cf. beech-drops n. at beech n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > other beech-drops1815 rafflesia1822 Scotchman hugging the (also a) Creole1828 Brugmansia1832 John Crow nose1844 pinedrops1848 nettle-blight1849 Scotch attorney1864 Jim Crow's nose1866 witchweed1881 devil's guts1889 1848 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. 274 Pterospora. Pine-drops... P. Andromedea.—Hard clay soil, parasitic on the roots apparently of pines. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 104 Giant bird's nest, another name for the pinedrops tree (Pterospora andromeda) because of its mass of matted fibrous roots. < as lemmas |
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