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Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
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Pyrola ( syn. Pirola ) is a genus of evergreen herbaceous plants in the family Ericaceae . Under the old Cronquist system it was placed in its own family Pyrolaceae , but genetic research showed it belonged in the family Ericaceae . The species are commonly ...
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n. any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola [syn: wintergreen ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of Pyrola which in America are called English wintergreen , and shin leaf (see Shin leaf, under ...
Usage examples of pyrola.
When Susanna observed that she seemed to love this spot, she carried thither silently out of the wood, turfs with the flowering Linnea and the fragrant single-flowered Pyrola, and planted them so that the south wind should bear their delicious aroma to the spot where Mrs.