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PYROLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
Synonyms:
pyrola; wintergreen
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pyrola" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pyrola"):
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; Europe and North America)
Pyrola elliptica; shinleaf; wild lily of the valley (North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters)
Pyrola rotundifolia; wild lily of the valley (evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds)
Holonyms ("pyrola" is a member of...):
genus Pyrola (short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf)
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