Meaning of "snow plant" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SNOW PLANT

snow plant

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNOW PLANT

Snow plant is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SNOW PLANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sarcodes

Sarcodes is a monotypic genus of a single springtime flowering plant in the heath family containing the single species Sarcodes sanguinea, commonly called the snow plant or snow flower. It is a parasitic plant that derives sustenance and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that attach to roots of trees. It is unable to photosynthesize nutrients. Ectomycorrhizal symbioses involve a mutualism between a plant root and a fungus; the plant provides fixed carbon to the fungus and in return, the fungus provides mineral nutrients, water and protection from pathogens to the plant. The snow plant takes advantage of this mutualism by tapping into the network and stealing sugars from the photosynthetic partner by way of the fungus. The plant's aboveground tissue is its inflorescence, a raceme of bright scarlet red flowers wrapped in many straplike, pointed bracts with fringed edges, themselves bright red to orange in color. Sarcodes sanguinea is native to western North America from Oregon through the mountains of California into Baja California.

Definition of snow plant in the English dictionary

The definition of snow plant in the dictionary is a saprophytic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of mountain pine forests of W North America, having a fleshy scaly reddish stalk, no leaves, and pendulous scarlet flowers that are often produced before the snow melts: family Monotropaceae.

TRANSLATION OF SNOW PLANT

Find out the translation of snow plant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of snow plant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «snow plant» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 雪厂
• Translator English - Spanish: planta de nieve
• English: snow plant
• Translator English - Hindi: बर्फ संयंत्र
• Translator English - Arabic: مصنع الثلج
• Translator English - Russian: снег завод
• Translator English - Portuguese: neve planta
• Translator English - Bengali: বরফ উদ্ভিদ
• Translator English - French: usine de neige
• Translator English - Malay: Tumbuhan salji
• Translator English - German: Schneeanlage
• Translator English - Japanese: 雪の工場
• Translator English - Korean: 눈 식물
• Translator English - Javanese: Salju tanduran
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cây tuyết
• Translator English - Tamil: பனி ஆலை
• Translator English - Marathi: बर्फ वनस्पती
• Translator English - Turkish: Kar bitki
• Translator English - Italian: impianto di innevamento
• Translator English - Polish: roślin śnieg
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сніг завод
• Translator English - Romanian: plantă zăpadă
• Translator English - Greek: φυτό χιόνι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: sneeu plant
• Translator English - Swedish: snö växt
• Translator English - Norwegian: snø anlegget

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNOW PLANT»

Discover the use of snow plant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snow plant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Wild Plants of the Sierra Nevada

Interesting Facts: The herbage contains andromedotoxin. An infusion made from a related species (L. axillaris) was rubbed on to treat rheumatism. Snow Plant ( Sarcodes sanguinea) Description: This red, fleshy, saprophytic plant with scalelike ...

Ray S. Vizgirdas, Edna M. Rey-Vizgirdas, 2009

A Nature Guide to the Southwest Tahoe Basin: Including ...

(as if feeding hummingbirds was not enough already). The Snow Plant's unusual lifestyle affords it a couple of formidable advantages: • Since no chlorophyll is necessary, the whole plant can be red—a much more visible and attractive beacon ...

Charles Quinn, Rebecca Chaplin, David Cardinal, 2006

Biology: The Dynamic Science

(C) Snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea), which pops up in the deep humus ofshady conifer forests after snow has melted in spring. This species lacks chlorophyll and does not photosynthesize. Instead its roots intertwine with hyphae ofsoil fungi ...

Peter Russell, Paul Hertz, Beverly McMillan, 2011

Library of Congress Subject Headings

S55 (Botany)] UF Plants and snow Snow and plants Snow-plant relationships BT Plant-water relationships Vegetation and climate Plant societies USE Plant communities Plant-soil relationships (May Subd Geog) UF Plants and soil Soil- plant ...

Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009

Library of Congress Subject Headings

$55) x Plants and snow Snow and plants Snow-plant relationships xx Plant-water relationships Vegetation and climate Plant societies See Plant communities Plant -soil relationships sa Crops and soils Plants, Effect of soil acidity on Plants, ...

Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division, 1980

Library of Congress Subject Headings

S55 (Botany)] UF Plants and snow Snow and plants Snow-plant relationships BT Plant-water relationships Vegetation and climate Plant societies USE Plant communities Plant-soil relationships (May Subd Geog) UF Plants and soil Soil- plant ...

‎1989

Oregon's Best Wildflower Hikes, Southwest Region

In mid-May, this is the best spot to find the bright red snow plant. Look on the ground for Snow Plant Sarcodes sanguinea HEIGHT: 6 to 12 inches BLOOMS: May The brilliant red color of snow plant attracts attention. The fleshy stems may be i ...

‎2006

Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail

The damp earth alongside the trail was broken by an emerging snow plant. The red plant erupted from the soil like a miniature volcano. “Look at this, you guys,” I called to Dionne and Erika. “It's a snow plant.” “Trippy,” said Dionne. “It looks like  ...

Suzanne Roberts, 2012

Library of Congress Subject Headings

S§5 (Botany)] UF Plants and snow Snow and plants Snow-plant relationships BT Plant-water relationships Vegetation and climate Plant societies USE Plant communities Plant-soil relationships (May Subd Geog) UF Plants and soil Soil- plant ...

Library of Congress, 2006

Plants of the Tahoe Basin: Flowering Plants, Trees, and ...

Snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) •6 to 12 inches • early season • shady forest This highly recognizable, non- photosynthesizing species is a common sight in upper montane forests, pushing through the snow- covered humus layer like an ...

Michael Graf, 1999