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Wintergreen

//ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any evergreen plant. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil wordnet
  3. 3
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:; Gaultheria procumbens, native to North America, having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves (checkerberry or teaberry) countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    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 wordnet
  5. 5
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:; Gaultheria humifusa – alpine wintergreen countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola wordnet
  2. 7
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:; Gaultheria ovatifolia – western teaberry or Oregon spicy wintergreen countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:; Chimaphila maculata – striped wintergreen, pipsissewa countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:; Genus Pyrola, native to northern temperate and Arctic regions. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:; Genus Orthilia countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:; Genus Moneses countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:; Genus Chimaphila (prince's pine, pipsissewa) countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen) countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From winter + green.

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