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LOVE-IN-WINTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does love-in-winter mean? 

LOVE-IN-WINTER (noun)
  The noun LOVE-IN-WINTER has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymbplay

  Familiarity information: LOVE-IN-WINTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOVE-IN-WINTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chimaphila corymbosa; Chimaphila umbellata; love-in-winter; western prince's pine

Hypernyms ("love-in-winter" is a kind of...):

pipsissewa; prince's pine (any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila)


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