What is "pyrola"

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 Shin.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also checkerberry, and sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry.

Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb ( Trientalis Americana); -- also called star flower.

Flowering wintergreen, a low plant ( Polygala paucifolia) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ( Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms.

Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant ( Chimaphila maculata) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.

n. any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola [syn: wintergreen]

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 known as wintergreen, a name shared with several other related and unrelated plants (see wintergreen for details). They are native to northern temperate and Arctic regions.

They are rather small plants with a rosette of simple orbicular or ovate leaves, with a flower stem bearing generally rather lax racemes of simple white, cream or pink flowers. The immediate distinguishing feature of Pyrola species is the flower style which is often curved, sticks out beyond the petals and is expanded below the stigma which itself is branched into several lobes. To the casual observer the flower appears to have a small bell-clapper sticking out.

Pyrola is the second studio album by Swedish progressive rock band Qoph. The album was released in Sweden and Germany in 2004 and in Japan by Disk Union in 2005. The Japanese edition includes the bonus track "Anticipations" with Mats Öberg ( Mats/Morgan Band) guesting on moog. The double vinyl version contains two more bonustracks: "Resh" and "Will the Sun Be Back Tomorrow.