Definition of Pyrolaceae

1. Noun. Evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrolaceae

Pyrenean
Pyrenees
Pyrenees daisy
Pyrenomycetes
Pyrethrum
Pyrex
Pyridium
Pyrocephalus
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus
Pyrola americana
Pyrola elliptica
Pyrola minor
Pyrola rotundifolia
Pyrola rotundifolia americana
Pyrola uniflora
Pyrolaceae
Pyrophorus
Pyrophorus noctiluca
Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic victories
Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhocoridae
Pyrrhonian
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonisms
Pyrrhonist
Pyrrhonists
Pyrrhula
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Pyrrhuloxia sinuata

Literary usage of Pyrolaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The family is closely related to the pyrolaceae and Ericaceae. ... pyrolaceae (from the genus Pyrola, diminutive of Pyrus; possibly a resemblance in the ..."

2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Pyrola aphylla forms a passing link from pyrolaceae to ... stigma in some of the species of pyrolaceae, which indicate an ..."

3. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... and pyrolaceae, and in the ... The fruit is capsular in Diapensiaceae, pyrolaceae, Monotropaceae, ..."

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