Monotropaceae
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Monotropaceae
[‚män·ō·trə′pās·ē‚ē] (botany)
A family of dicotyledonous herbs or half shrubs in the order Ericales distinguished by a small, scarcely differentiated embryo without cotyledons, lack of chlorophyll, leaves reduced to scales, and anthers opening by longitudinal slits.