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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters;
[syn: wild lily of the valley, shinleaf, Pyrola elliptica]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shin \Shin\, n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. Chine.] 1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. "On his shin." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. --Knight. [1913 Webster] Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia. Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Pyrola elliptica n 1: North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters [syn: wild lily of the valley, shinleaf, Pyrola elliptica]