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shinleaf

[ shin-leef ]

noun

, plural shin·leaves.
  1. a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
  2. any plant of the genus Pyrola.


shinleaf

/ ˈʃɪnˌliːf /

noun

  1. the usual US name for wintergreen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shinleaf1

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20; shin 1 + leaf
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Example Sentences

These pretty plants are called "shinleaf," because the leaves of some of the species were used by the English peasantry as plasters which they applied to bruises or sores.

He observed among the wild plants that she had gathered the mottled leaves and waxy blossoms of the pipsissewa and its cousin the shinleaf.

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