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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the natural order Ericaceœ and the tribe Pyroleœ, characterized by spreading petals, by the capsule opening upward from the base, and by solitary flowers.
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- noun one species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola
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While climbing a bluff for a view of our course, I discovered moneses, one of my favorites, and saw many well-traveled deer-trails, though the island is cut off from the mainland and other islands by at least five or six miles of icy, berg-encumbered water.
Travels in Alaska John Muir 1876
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