Definition of Pyrola elliptica

1. Noun. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters.

Exact synonyms: Shinleaf, Wild Lily Of The Valley
Generic synonyms: Pyrola, Wintergreen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrola Elliptica

Pyralis
Pyramid
Pyramids
Pyrausta
Pyrausta nubilalis
Pyrenean
Pyrenees
Pyrenees daisy
Pyrenomycetes
Pyrethrum
Pyrex
Pyridium
Pyrocephalus
Pyrocephalus rubinus mexicanus
Pyrola americana
Pyrola elliptica (current term)
Pyrola minor
Pyrola rotundifolia
Pyrola rotundifolia americana
Pyrola uniflora
Pyrolaceae
Pyrophorus
Pyrophorus noctiluca
Pyrrhic
Pyrrhic victories
Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhocoridae
Pyrrhonian
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonisms

Literary usage of Pyrola elliptica

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

1. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1873)
"Pyrola elliptica. Monotropa uniflora. ... paniculata and bracteata Pyrola elliptica. Monotropa uniflora. ..."

2. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"... the scientist who christened it was fully alive to its peculiar charm. SHIN-LEAF. Pyrola elliptica. Heath Family. Scape.—Upright; scaly; terminating in ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"... south to the District of Columbia, Illinois, Nebraska and Colorado. Also in Europe. June-July. 3. Pyrola elliptica Nutt. Shin-leaf. (Fig. 2728. ..."

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