[shin-leef] 
| 1. | a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters. |
| 2. | any plant of the genus Pyrola. |
| shin·leaf (shĭn'lēf') n. Any of various Eurasian and North American woodland perennial herbs of the genera Moneses and Pyrola, especially P. elliptica, having a basal cluster of elliptic to oblong leaves and white to pink flowers. [Probably from the use of its leaves in plasters for sore legs.] |
