wintergreen (Pyrola L.)

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• pyrola — noun any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola • Syn: ↑wintergreen • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑false wintergreen, ↑Pyrola americana, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Pyrola americana — noun evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers • Syn: ↑false wintergreen, ↑Pyrola rotundifolia americana • Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola …   Useful english dictionary

• Pyrola rotundifolia americana — noun evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers • Syn: ↑false wintergreen, ↑Pyrola americana • Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola …   Useful english dictionary

• Pyrola minor — noun the common wintergreen having many flowered racemes of pink tinged white flowers; Europe and North America • Syn: ↑lesser wintergreen • Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola …   Useful english dictionary

• Pyrola elliptica — noun North American evergreen with small pinkish bell shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters • Syn: ↑wild lily of the valley, ↑shinleaf • Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola …   Useful english dictionary

• Pyrola rotundifolia — noun evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds • Syn: ↑wild lily of the valley • Hypernyms: ↑wintergreen, ↑pyrola …   Useful english dictionary

• Pyrola minor — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

• Pyrola — Wintergreen Win ter*green , n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of {Pyrola} which in America are called {English wintergreen}, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wintergreen — Win ter*green , n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of {Pyrola} which in America are called {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wintergreen — is a group of plants. Wintergreen once commonly referred to plants that continue photosynthesis (remain green) throughout the winter. The term evergreen is now more commonly used for this characteristic.Some species of the shrub genus Gaultheria… …   Wikipedia

• Pyrola — Taxobox name = Pyrola image width = 250px image caption = Pyrola asarifolia regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales familia = Ericaceae genus = Pyrola genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species… …   Wikipedia