Definition of wintergreen

Definitions

Noun

any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola

Noun

creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil

Noun

spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

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Synonyms

boxberry checkerberry creeping wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens groundberry ground-berry mountain tea pyrola spiceberry teaberry

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More General Terms

berry herb herbaceous plant shrublet

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More Specific Terms

false wintergreen lesser wintergreen Pyrola americana Pyrola elliptica Pyrola minor Pyrola rotundifolia Pyrola rotundifolia americana shinleaf wild lily of the valley

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