Pyrola

Diminutive form of Latin pirus (“pear tree”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – native to northern temperate and Arctic regions, among genera called wintergreens.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ericaceae – family

• (genus): Pyrola rotundifolia (round-leaved wintergreen) – type species

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