pyrola

1. Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola (synset 112276629)
   is a type 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
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • pyrola rotundifolia, wild lily of the valley - evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds
   belongs to: genus pyrola - short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf
   same as: wintergreen

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