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ONE-FLOWERED WINTERGREEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does one-flowered wintergreen mean?
• ONE-FLOWERED WINTERGREEN (noun)
The noun ONE-FLOWERED WINTERGREEN has 1 sense:
1. delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola
Familiarity information: ONE-FLOWERED WINTERGREEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ONE-FLOWERED WINTERGREEN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Moneses uniflora; one-flowered pyrola; one-flowered wintergreen; Pyrola uniflora
Hypernyms ("one-flowered wintergreen" 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)
Holonyms ("one-flowered wintergreen" is a member of...):
genus Moneses; Moneses (one species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola)
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