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Definition of bird's-nest in English: bird's-nestnoun 1A brownish or yellowish saprophytic flowering plant of the wintergreen family, with scale-like leaves. Two species in the family Monotropaceae (or Pyrolaceae): the yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys) of north temperate regions, and the giant bird's-nest (Pterospora andromeda) of North America Example sentencesExamples - Yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys) is endangered.
- It is a Sierra Nevada native and has a number of common names including woodland pinedrops, beechdrops, giant bird's nest or giant pinedrops.
- A team from the Open University carried out an experiment concerning Yellow Bird's-nest Monotropa hypopitys.
- In Europe it is known as Yellow Bird's Nest, the knotted windings of the strange root presumedly resembling a bird's nest.
- Another species, called bird's nest, is found in Britain and Europe.
2A Eurasian and North American fungus with a small bowl-shaped fruiting body that opens to reveal egg-shaped organs containing the spores. Family Nidulariaceae, class Gasteromycetes, including the common bird's-nest (Crucibulum laeve) Example sentencesExamples - As bird's nest fungi are saprophytes and thus decomposers of organic material, they are found most often in New Zealand on decaying wood, small twigs, tree fern debris and sometimes on animal dung.
- Bird's nest fungi are saprophytes that decay wood, bark, and mulch, and do not harm plants.
- The Bird's Nest fungi use the hydraulic pressure of water to disperse the peridioles.
- Bird's nest fungi are a small group of saprophytic fungi that have a unique way of reproducing.
- It has great information about the bird's nest fungi.
Definition of bird's-nest in US English: bird's-nestnoun 1A North American brownish or yellowish flowering plant of the wintergreen family, with scale-like leaves. The bird's-nest is a saprophyte that lacks chlorophyll. Also called giant bird's-nest. Pterospora andromeda, family Monotropaceae Example sentencesExamples - A team from the Open University carried out an experiment concerning Yellow Bird's-nest Monotropa hypopitys.
- Yellow bird's-nest (Monotropa hypopitys) is endangered.
- It is a Sierra Nevada native and has a number of common names including woodland pinedrops, beechdrops, giant bird's nest or giant pinedrops.
- Another species, called bird's nest, is found in Britain and Europe.
- In Europe it is known as Yellow Bird's Nest, the knotted windings of the strange root presumedly resembling a bird's nest.
2A fungus of worldwide distribution that grows on dead wood and other plant debris. It produces a small bowl-shaped fruiting body that opens to reveal egg-shaped organs containing the spores. Family Nidulariaceae, class Basidiomycetes: several genera and species, including the common Crucibulum levis Example sentencesExamples - Bird's nest fungi are saprophytes that decay wood, bark, and mulch, and do not harm plants.
- It has great information about the bird's nest fungi.
- As bird's nest fungi are saprophytes and thus decomposers of organic material, they are found most often in New Zealand on decaying wood, small twigs, tree fern debris and sometimes on animal dung.
- The Bird's Nest fungi use the hydraulic pressure of water to disperse the peridioles.
- Bird's nest fungi are a small group of saprophytic fungi that have a unique way of reproducing.
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