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Definition of One-flowered pyrola
1. Noun. Delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Moneses, Moneses
Lexicographical Neighbors of One-flowered Pyrola
Literary usage of One-flowered pyrola
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"one-flowered pyrola. Pyrolaceae. From Greek, "single delight"', alluding to the
solitary flower. ... One-flowered Wintergreen, one-flowered pyrola. 1860. ..."
2. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons, Marion Satterlee (1900)
"... one-flowered pyrola. Moneses grandiflora. Heath Family. Scape.—Two to four
inches high. Leaves.—Rounded; thin; veiny; toothed; from the roots, Flower. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Two species of Chimaphila (Pipsissewa, Prince's Pine), one species of
Moneses (one-flowered pyrola,), and a few species of Pyrola ..."
4. Gray's Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1875)
"one-flowered pyrola. Petals 5, widely spreading, orbicular. Filaments awl-shaped,
naked : anthers as in Pyrola, but conspicuously 2-horned. ..."
5. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1889)
"one-flowered pyrola. Petals 5, widely spreading, orbicular. Filaments awl-shape^,
naked ; anthers as in Pyrola, but conspicuously 2-horned. ..."
6. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"one-flowered pyrola, it is often called, although it belongs to a genus all its
own. A boldly curved stalk, like a miniature Bo-peep crook, ..."
7. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1880)
"one-flowered pyrola. Petals 5, widely spreading, orbicular. Filaments awl-shaped,
naked : anthers as in Pyrola, but conspicuously 2-horned. ..."
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