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SHINLEAF (shinleaves)
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Irregular inflected form: shinleaves
Dictionary entry overview: What does shinleaf mean?
• SHINLEAF (noun)
The noun SHINLEAF has 1 sense:
1. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
Familiarity information: SHINLEAF 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 ("shinleaf" is a kind of...):
pyrola; wintergreen (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)
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