genus Moneses

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1.genus Moneses - one species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus PyrolaMonesesdilleniid 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, OrthiliaMoneses uniflora, one-flowered pyrola, one-flowered wintergreen, Pyrola uniflora - delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola