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FALSE WINTERGREEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does false wintergreen mean?
• FALSE WINTERGREEN (noun)
The noun FALSE WINTERGREEN has 1 sense:
1. evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers
Familiarity information: FALSE WINTERGREEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
false wintergreen; Pyrola americana; Pyrola rotundifolia americana
Hypernyms ("false wintergreen" is a kind of...):
pyrola; wintergreen (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)
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