wintergreen

win·ter·green

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
any of a number of similar plants, as the shinleaf or pipsissewa
a milkwort (Polygala paucifolia) with large, rose-lavender flowers

Origin of wintergreen

based on German wintergrün, Dutch wintergroen: so named because evergreen

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wintergreen

noun

a. A creeping evergreen North American plant (Gaultheria procumbens) in the heath family, having solitary nodding white flowers, aromatic leaves, and spicy edible scarlet berries. Also called checkerberry . Also called teaberry .
b. An oil or flavoring obtained from this plant or certain other plants, such as sweet birch, or produced synthetically.
Any of several similar or related plants, especially the pipsissewas and plants of the genus Pyrola.

Origin of wintergreen

Translation of Dutch wintergroen

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