1. a low-growing evergreen plant of the wintergreen family with rounded leaves and small white or greenish flowers
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The shinleaf grew in patches under the pine trees.
• We found several species of shinleaf during our forest hike.
• The botanist identified the small white flowers as belonging to shinleaf.
• Shinleaf thrives in the acidic soil of coniferous forests.
• The rounded leaves of the shinleaf plant remained green throughout winter.