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Noun: Dryas octopetala
  1. Creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America
    "Dryas octopetala carpeted the alpine meadow";
    - mountain avens

Type of: subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: Dryas, genus Dryas

Encyclopedia: Dryas octopetala