wintergreen.
Any evergreen plant.
Meaning & usage
Any evergreen plant.
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)
One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially: Gaultheria humifusa – alpine wintergreen
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
One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially: Chimaphila maculata – striped wintergreen, pipsissewa
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.
One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: Genus Orthilia
One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: Genus Moneses
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)
One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen)
The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens.
The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries.
The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English winter Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English wintergreen From winter + green.
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