| Noun | 1. | genus Shortia - evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs diapensia family, Diapensiaceae, family Diapensiaceae - north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales shortia - any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers |