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Definition of False wintergreen
1. Noun. Evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Pyrola, Wintergreen
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Wintergreen
Literary usage of False wintergreen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"Even in our drier atmosphere, it hangs about the thickets like incense. Round-leaved
Pyrola; Pear-leaved, or false wintergreen ; Indian or Canker Lettuce ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1904)
"The false wintergreen (Pyrola), the chickweed wintergreen (Trien- ta/is), and
the dwarf cornel (Comus Canadensis) join a host of ferns in the general push ..."
3. Journal of Materia Medica (1873)
"Usually grows to the hight of from 6 to 12 inches. POPULAR NAME&—Wintergreen,
false wintergreen, round leaved wintergreen, shin-leaf. HABITAT. ..."
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