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WINTERGREEN FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia
Synonyms:
family Pyrolaceae; Pyrolaceae; wintergreen family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wintergreen family" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot family (family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "wintergreen family"):
genus Pyrola (short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf)
genus Orthilia; Orthilia (a shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions)
Chimaphila; genus Chimaphila (small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves; North America; Europe; east Asia)
genus Moneses; Moneses (one species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola)
Holonyms ("wintergreen family" is a member of...):
Ericales; order Ericales (Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae)
