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corpse plant†
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.
See: Indian pipe
Quotations
1912
Indian pipe. The corpse-plant or ghost-flower. . . .
1962
It was a palely sprouting parasite called Indian pipe, or corpse plant, which extrudes almost overnight from rotting compost and lives only briefly.