Wintergreen Definition

wĭntər-grēn
noun
Any of several gaultherias; esp., a creeping subshrub (Gaultheria procumbens) having small, rounded evergreen leaves, bell-shaped, white flowers, and red, edible berries.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
The flavor or anything flavored with it.
Webster's New World
Any of a number of similar plants, as the shinleaf or pipsissewa.
Webster's New World
A milkwort (Polygala paucifolia) with large, rose-lavender flowers.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Wintergreen

Noun

Singular:
wintergreen
Plural:
wintergreens

Origin of Wintergreen

  • Translation of Dutch wintergroen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wintergreen Sentence Examples

  • Blue flag, snake root, ginseng, lobelia, tansy, wormwood, wintergreen, pleurisy root, plantain, burdock, sarsaparilla and horehound are among its medicinal plants.

  • Species include serrated wintergreen Orthilia secunda and creeping lady's-tresses Goodyera repens.

  • The next morning, I pour off (and drink) the wintergreen flavored tea, leaving the twigs in the jar.

  • Scarce plants found in the area include marsh and dune helleborine, coral root orchid and round-leaved wintergreen.

  • The delicate pink - flushed white flowers of chickweed wintergreen will be in flower through to August.

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Words Starting With

WWIWIN

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NENEEN

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