1. 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
2. oil of wintergreen
3.
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.
any of several plants of the genera Orthilia and Moneses: family Pyrolaceae
5. chickweed wintergreen
Word origin
C16: from Dutch wintergroen or German Wintergrün; see winter, green