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Indian pipe†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a pale parasitic plant, Monotropa uniflora, found in compost in damp places.
Quotations
1860
The Ghost Flower, Indian Pipe or Monotropa, is a white plant springing up from decayed leaves. . . .
1923
It is an Indian pipe . . . an orchid that one rarely finds in these woods. The Micmac Indians call it the Death Plant.
1962
It was a palely sprouting parasite called Indian pipe, or corpse plant, which extrudes almost overnight from rotting compost and lives only briefly.