1. creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America; [syn: mountain avens, Dryas octopetala]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mountain avens
n 1: creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely
distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North
America [syn: mountain avens, Dryas octopetala]