MONESES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola

Synonyms:

genus Moneses; Moneses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Moneses" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Moneses"):

Moneses uniflora; one-flowered pyrola; one-flowered wintergreen; Pyrola uniflora (delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola)

Holonyms ("Moneses" is a member of...):

family Pyrolaceae; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family (evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia)