Definition of pyrola Pyrola
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What does pyrola mean?
WordNet
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| pyrola - any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola | ||
| wintergreen | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| genus pyrola short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf | ||
| false wintergreen, pyrola americana, pyrola rotundifolia americana evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers | ||
| lesser wintergreen, pyrola minor the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America | ||
| pyrola elliptica, shinleaf, wild lily of the valley North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pyrola
pī′rō-la, n. a genus of plants of the heath kind, called also Wintergreen: a single plant of this genus. [L., dim. of pirus, a pear-tree.]
Part of speech
🔤- pyrola, noun, singular of pyrolas.
