genus pyrola | (n) short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf |
pyrolaceae | (n) evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia, Syn. wintergreen family, family Pyrolaceae |
pyrolatry | (n) the worship of fire, Syn. fire-worship |
false wintergreen | (n) evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers, Syn. Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia americana |
lesser wintergreen | (n) the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America, Syn. Pyrola minor |
one-flowered wintergreen | (n) delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola, Syn. one-flowered pyrola, Moneses uniflora, Pyrola uniflora |
wild lily of the valley | (n) evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds, Syn. Pyrola rotundifolia |
wild lily of the valley | (n) North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters, Syn. shinleaf, Pyrola elliptica |
wintergreen | (n) any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola, Syn. pyrola |
Pyrolator | n. [ See Pyrolatry. ] A fire worshiper. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Pyrolatry | n. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; worship: cf. F. pyrolâtrie. ] The worship of fire. Young. [ 1913 Webster ] |