noun
snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae
• Syn: ↑genus Sarcodes
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Monotropaceae, ↑family Monotropaceae
• Member Meronyms: ↑snow plant, ↑Sarcodes sanguinea
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Sarcodes /sär-kōdˈēz/ noun
The Californian snow-plant genus
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Main Entry: ↑sarcode
Useful english dictionary. 2012.