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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 Asia

Synonyms:

Chimaphila; genus Chimaphila

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Chimaphila"):

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

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

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

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