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wintergreen

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win·ter·green  (wntr-grn)
n.
1.
a. A low-growing, creeping evergreen plant (Gaultheria procumbens) of North America, having solitary nodding white flowers, aromatic leaves, and spicy edible scarlet berries. Also called checkerberry, teaberry.
b. An oil or a flavoring obtained from this plant.
2. Any of several similar or related plants, such as the pipsissewa.

[Translation of Dutch wintergroen.]

wintergreen [ˈwɪntəˌgriːn]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called boxberry checkerberry teaberry spiceberry partridgeberry any of several evergreen ericaceous shrubs of the genus Gaultheria, esp G. procumbens, of E North America, which has white bell-shaped flowers and edible red berries
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds)
oil of wintergreen an aromatic compound, formerly made from this and various other plants but now synthesized: used medicinally and for flavouring
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various plants of the genus Pyrola, such as P. minor (common wintergreen), of temperate and arctic regions, having rounded leaves and small pink globose flowers: family Pyrolaceae Usual US name shinleaf
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several plants of the genera Orthilia and Moneses: family Pyrolaceae
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)
chickweed wintergreen a primulaceous plant, Trientalis europaea, of N Europe and N Asia, having white flowers and leaves arranged in a whorl
[from Dutch wintergroen or German Wintergrün; see winter, green]
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Noun1.wintergreen - any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrolawintergreen - any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
genus Pyrola - short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf
false wintergreen, Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia americana - evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers
lesser wintergreen, Pyrola minor - the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America
Pyrola elliptica, shinleaf, wild lily of the valley - North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
Pyrola rotundifolia, wild lily of the valley - evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old and New Worlds
2.wintergreen - creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oilwintergreen - 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
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
3.wintergreen - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry - 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
Translations
wintergreen [ˈwɪntəgriːn] Ngaulteria f
oil of wintergreenaceite m de gaulteria
wintergreen
n (= plant)Teebeere f; (= flavouring)Wintergrünöl nt


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