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False wintergreen

noun

Evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers. Synonyms: Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia americana.

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... overflowing with quantities of small ferns and rock moss, with which to border the edge of the waiter on which Mary intended planting ferns; tree moss or lichens, hepaticas, wild violets, pipsissewa or false wintergreen, with dark green, waxy leaves veined with a lighter shade of green; and wild pink geraniums, the foliage of which is prettier than the pink blossoms seen later, and they grow ...

— Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit - among the "Pennsylvania Germans" • Edith M. Thomas

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Words linked to "False wintergreen" : pyrola, wintergreen