Shinleaf

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various Eurasian and North American woodland perennial herbs of the genera Moneses and Pyrola, especially P. elliptica, having a basal cluster of elliptic to oblong leaves and white to pink flowers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant of the genus Pyrola, properly P. elliptica: said to be so named from the use of its leaves for shinplasters.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pyrola    wintergreen   
    Variant
    shinleaves