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Gaultheria procumbens

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Noun1.Gaultheria procumbens - creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oilGaultheria procumbens - 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
checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry
boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil - oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant
Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs
shrublet - dwarf shrub
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This essential oil is extracted by steam or water distillation from the leaves of the plant Gaultheria procumbens.
Fighting Cellulite with Essential Oils by Christine Erickson / Food/cooking/nutrition community
GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS Also known as wintergreen, these creeping shrubs are fantastic for winter containers, combining well with skimmias, winter heathers and ivy.
BEST OF THE BUNCH; Gardens by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
They include: Euonymus "Emerald 'n' Gold" and Euonymus "Gray Beauty"; Pieris japonica "Little Heath" with its silvered edged leaves; Hebe topiaria, which is compact with tiny grey/green leaves; Gaultheria procumbens, which has attractive leaves with tiny white bell-like flowers and red berries; and Skimmia japonica, with shiny leaves, red buds and, later, white flowers.
Gardening: BOX clever; BRIGHTEN UP WINTER WINDOWS by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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