Complete Definition of "wintergreen"

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Noun
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  1. Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
  2. A North American creeping evergreen plant, Gaultheria procumbens, having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves; the checkerberry or teaberry
  3. The spicy red berries of this plant
  4. The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries

Synonyms
italbrac|perennial of the genus Pyrola: shinleaf
italbrac|Gaultheria procumbens: boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry, spiceberry, teaberry

Derived terms
American wintergreen
chickweed wintergreen
creeping wintergreen
English wintergreen
false wintergreen
flowering wintergreen
lesser wintergreen
oil of wintergreen
one-flowered wintergreen
round-leaved wintergreen
spotted wintergreen
striped wintergreen
wintergreen barberry
wintergreen oil

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