any of a genus (Pyrola) of plants of the heath family, with slender stalks havingsmall, rounded evergreen leaves at the base and racemes of globular flowers
See shinleaf in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(shĭnˈlēfˌ)
noun
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.