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PYROLA ELLIPTICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyrola elliptica mean?
• PYROLA ELLIPTICA (noun)
The noun PYROLA ELLIPTICA has 1 sense:
1. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
Familiarity information: PYROLA ELLIPTICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Pyrola elliptica; shinleaf; wild lily of the valley
Hypernyms ("Pyrola elliptica" is a kind of...):
pyrola; wintergreen (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)
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