pyrola (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *pyrola*:
NOUN	plant	pyrola, wintergreen	any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola

English > *pyrola*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola.
Synonym	wintergreen
Member of	genus Pyrola	short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions
Narrower	false wintergreen, Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia americana	evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers
	lesser wintergreen, Pyrola minor	The common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers
	wild lily of the valley, shinleaf, Pyrola elliptica	North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
	wild lily of the valley, Pyrola rotundifolia	evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanish	pyrola
Catalan	pyrola

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