noun

1. ☆
   1. any of several gaultherias; esp., a creeping subshrub (Gaultheria procumbens) having small, rounded evergreen leaves, bell-shaped, white flowers, and red, edible berries
   2. an aromatic compound (oil of wintergreen) made from the leaves of this plant or the bark of a birch (Betula lenta), or synthetically from salicylic acid: sometimes used in medicine or as a flavoring
   3. the flavor or anything flavored with it
2. any of a number of similar plants, as the shinleaf or pipsissewa
3. a milkwort (Polygala paucifolia) with large, rose-lavender flowers

Etymology: based on Ger wintergrün, Du wintergroen: so named because evergreen