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English Dictionary: pyrola by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pyrola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyrola
n
  1. any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
    Synonym(s): wintergreen, pyrola
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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