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Related to pyrola: Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia, Pyrola minor

pyrola

(ˈpɪrələ)

(Plants) another name for wintergreen³

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pyrola - any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola

wintergreen

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

genus Pyrola - short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf

false wintergreen, Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia americana - evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers

lesser wintergreen, Pyrola minor - the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America

Pyrola elliptica, shinleaf, wild lily of the valley - North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters

Pyrola rotundifolia, wild lily of the valley - evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds

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YAO, X.-H., et al .Different harvest seasons modify bioactive compounds and antioxidant activities of Pyrola incarnata.

Composition of polyphenols of asparagus spears (Asparagus officinalis) and their antioxidant potential/A composicao dos polifenois das espargos (Asparagus officinalis) e o seu potencial antioxidante

hypopitys plastid genome and its comparison with that of photosynthetic relative Pyrola rotundifolia indicated that this plant is at the final stages of plastome degradation, which is expressed in highly reduced size and content, dramatic structural rearrangements, and acceleration of nucleotide substitutions in all protein-coding genes [74-76].

The YABBY Genes of Leaf and Leaf-Like Organ Polarity in Leafless Plant Monotropa hypopitys

Rong et al., "Therapeutic effects of radix dipsaci, pyrola herb, and Cynomorium songaricum on bone metabolism of ovariectomized rats," BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol.

Advances in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering: Innovation and Transformation of Medicine

Duan et al., "Preparation and determination ofphenolic compounds from Pyrola incarnata, Fisch.

Green and Efficient Extraction of Resveratrol from Peanut Roots Using Deep Eutectic Solvents

ladanum, Prunellagrandiflora, Liliummartagon, Polygala serpyllifolia, Lysimachia nemorum, Pyrola minor, Cruciata glabra subsp.

Approach to the floristic catalogue of the Dehesa of Somosierra and new records for the Community of Madrid (Spain)/Aproximacion al catalogo floristico de la Dehesa de Somosierra y nuevas citas para la Comunidad de Madrid (Espana)

IV P Seeding treatment: Seeded: Equisetum arvense 0.72 0.004 Parnassia palustris 0.66 0.006 Salix alaxensis 0.65 0.004 Hedysarum alpinum 0.60 0.005 Festuca rubra' 0.46 0.016 Artemisia tilesii 0.38 0.040 Unseeded: Equisetum variegatum 0.45 0.046 Calamagrostis lapponica 0.42 0.012 Zones: Cap: Arctagrostis latifolia 0.71 < 0.001 Lomatogonium rotatum 0.57 0.018 Oxytropis deflexa 0.63 0.005 Parnassia palustris 0.52 0.027 Pyrola grandiflora 0.57 0.019 Salix alaxensis 0.62 0.004 Perimeter:--none Undisturbed:--none (1) Seeded species.

Recovery of Tundra vegetation three decades after hydrocarbon drilling with and without seeding of non-native grasses

Cirsium oleraceum Cirsium palustre Deschampsia caespitosa + Drosera rotundifolia Epilobium adenocaulon Epilobium angustifolium + Epilobium hirsutum Epilobium montanum Eriophomm vaginatum + + + + Galinsoga ciliata Lycopodium annolinum Melampyrum pratense + Mycelis muralis Orthilia secunda Oxycoccus palustris + Poa trivialis Pteridium aquilinum + Pyrola rotundifolia Rubus chamaemorus Senecio vulgaris Taraxacum spp.

Factors affecting the re-vegetation of abandoned extracted peatlands in Estonia: a synthesis from field and greenhouse studies

Chameophytes of the area included Bergenia stracheyi, Scabiosa speciosa, Epilobium laxum, Potentilla salesoviana, Bistorta affinis, Pyrola secunda, Nepeta kokanica.

Life form and leaf spectra reported from subtropical to alpine and subalpine zoane of Basu hills, District Sakardu Gilget Pakistan

In Ericaceae monosymmetry with sigmoid curvature of the pollination organs occurs in Pyrola and Rhododendron (Stevens et al., 2004).

The immense diversity of floral monosymmetry and asymmetry across angiosperms

Gandhi interpreted as being formed from the genus Pyrola, genitive form Pyrolae, has been made in IPNI by Gandhi in 2008 (pers.

Resurrection of the Maui endemic Waltheria pyrolifolia (Sterculiaceae, Hermannieae)/Resurreccion de la especie endemica de Maui, Waltheria pyrolifolia (Sterculiaceae, Hermannieae)