marsh holy-rose

noun

variants or marsh holywort

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: a small glabrous erect shrub (Andromeda polifolia) that spreads by creeping rhizomes, has dark green foliage and nodding pink flowers, and is widely distributed in wet areas of northern and arctic regions

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