1. Fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
   "The forest floor was dotted with unusual Monotropa hypopithys plants";
   - pinesap, false beachdrops

Type of: wild flower, wildflower

Part of: genus Monotropa, Monotropa

Encyclopedia: Monotropa hypopithys