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Definition of One-flowered wintergreen
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 Wintergreen
Literary usage of One-flowered wintergreen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"The one-flowered wintergreen is a dweller in the darkest corners of the woods,
where " That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a ..."
2. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"The one-flowered wintergreen is a dweller in the darkest corners of the woods,
where " That delicate forest flower, With scented breath, and look so like a ..."
3. Handbook of the Wild and Cultivated Flowering Plants by Chester Arthur Darling (1912)
"... one-flowered wintergreen. (M. uniflora.) 3 CHIMAPHILA. 1 a Leaves spotted with
white patches SPOTTED WINTERGREEN. (C. maculata. ..."
4. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"... so insignificant in size that one is apt to overlook it until its surprisingly
large blossom appears in June or July, is the one-flowered wintergreen ..."
5. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"... one-flowered wintergreen. (Name, from the Greek, refers to the solitary flower.)
Flowering in early summer. M. uniflora. Cold woods NE : with roundish ..."
6. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"... so insignificant in size that one is apt to overlook it until its surprisingly
large blossom appears in June or July, is the one-flowered wintergreen ..."
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