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    GENUS CHIMAPHILA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves; North America; Europe; east Asiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Chimaphila; genus Chimaphila

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Chimaphila" is a kind of...):

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Chimaphila"):

    pipsissewa; prince's pine (any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila)

    Holonyms ("genus Chimaphila" is a member of...):

    family Pyrolaceae; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family (evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia)

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