genus Chimaphila

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Chimaphila - small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves; North America; Europe; east AsiaChimaphiladilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsfamily Pyrolaceae, Pyrolaceae, wintergreen family - evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthiliapipsissewa, prince's pine - any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila