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Definition of Indian pipe

1. Noun. Small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Pipe

Literary usage of Indian pipe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"INDIAN-PIPE FAMILY. Humus-plants or saprophytes, with mostly simple, leafless bracted scapes, and solitary or clustered perfect regular flowers. ..."

2. Catlin's Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with His by George Catlin (1848)
"... in the salon—Count de Paris—Due de Brabant —Recollects the indian pipe and mocassins presented to him by the Author in the Egyptian Hall—Duchess of ..."

3. Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians: Describing the Characteristics by James Lee Humfreville (1903)
"Smooth, and Shiny—Combs made from Weeds—Curious Ornamentations—A Beardless Race—Manner of Smoking the indian pipe—Method of Lighting the Pipe— Indian ..."

4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1900)
"... indeed, weak; as it is, however, this similarity presents evidence which reinforces an argument already made. A REMARKABLE indian pipe* BY \VJ ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The favorite material for indian pipe bowls is the famous red pipe stone (catlinite), a fine grained easily-worked stone of a rich red color of the Coteau ..."

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