SHINLEAF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: shinleaves   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Pyrola elliptica; shinleaf; wild lily of the valley

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("shinleaf" is a kind of...):

pyrola; wintergreen (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)

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