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shinleaf
[ shin-leef ]
noun
, plural shin·leaves.
- a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- any plant of the genus Pyrola.
shinleaf
/ ˈʃɪnˌliːf /
noun
- the usual US name for wintergreen
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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.
From Project Gutenberg
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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