beechdrops

Related to beechdrops: pinesap, Monotropa hypopitys

beech·drops

or beech-drops B0153900 (bēch′drŏps′)pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A brownish eastern North American plant (Epifagus virginiana) having scalelike leaves and whitish tubular flowers with brown-purple stripes. It is parasitic on the roots of the American beech tree, Fagus grandifolia.

beechdrops

(ˈbiːtʃˌdrɒps) pl n (Plants) a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees

beech•drops

(ˈbitʃˌdrɒps)

n., pl. -drops. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a low plant, Epifagus virginiana, of the broomrape family, without green foliage, parasitic upon the roots of the beech. [1805–15, Amer.]