Word Meanings - PINESAP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa , formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.

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• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• THOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Think.
• MONOTROPA
  A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.
• REDDISH
  Somewhat red; moderately red. -- Red"dish*ness, n.
• THOUGHTLESS
  1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly,
• PARASITIC; PARASITICAL
  Of or pertaining to parasites; living on, or deriving nourishment from, some other living animal or plant. See Parasite, 2 & 3. Parasitic gull, Parasitic jager. See Jager. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Par`a*sit"ic*al*ness, n. (more info) 1.
• PARASITICIDE
  Anything used to destroy parasites. Quain.
• ROOTSTOCK
  A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s
• THOUGHTFUL
  1. Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope. 2. Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful
• PROBABLY
  In a probable manner; in likelihood. Distinguish between what may possibly and what will probably be done. L'Estrange.
• GENUS
  A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
• THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE
  Telepathy.
• SAPROPHYTIC
  Feeding or growing upon decaying anomal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.
• FLESHY
  Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants. (more info) 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. 2. Human. "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.
• BETHOUGHT
  imp. & p. p. of Bethink.
• SUBGENUS
  A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
• FORETHOUGHT
  Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. "Forethought malice." Bacon.
• UNPROBABLY
  Improbably.
• NEW THOUGHT
  Any form of belief in mental healing other than Christian Science and hypnotism or psychotherapy. Its central principle is affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances,
• PEGROOTS
  See SETTERWORT
• AFTERTHOUGHT
  Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
• FORETHOUGHTFUL
  Having forethought.
• LOW-THOUGHTED
  Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.