noun
- a parasitic plant that lacks chlorophyll and grows on the roots of pine and other coniferous trees
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The hiker discovered a cluster of pinesap growing beneath the old pine trees.
- Pinesap appears as a pale, waxy plant that emerges from the forest floor.
- Unlike green plants, pinesap cannot make its own food through photosynthesis.
- The botanist explained that pinesap is actually a parasitic flowering plant.
- We found pinesap blooming in the deep shade of the coniferous forest.
- The yellowish stems of pinesap stood out against the dark soil.