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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024oil′ of win′tergreen. - ChemistrySee methyl salicylate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024win•ter•green (win′tər grēn′),USA pronunciation n. - Plant BiologyAlso called checkerberry. a small, creeping, evergreen shrub, Gaultheria procumbens, of the heath family, common in eastern North America, having white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, a bright-red, berrylike fruit, and aromatic leaves that yield a volatile oil.
- the oil of this shrub;
wintergreen oil;
methyl salicylate. - the flavor of oil of wintergreen or something flavored with it.
- Plant Biologyany of various other plants of the same genus.
- Plant Biologyany of various small evergreen herbs of the genera Pyrola and Chimaphila.
- translation of Dutch wintergroen or German Wintergrün 1540–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wintergreen /ˈwɪntəˌɡriːn/ n
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- oil of wintergreen ⇒ an aromatic compound, formerly made from this and various other plants but now synthesized: used medicinally and for flavouring
- 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
- any of several plants of the genera Orthilia and Moneses: family Pyrolaceae
- chickweed wintergreen ⇒ a primulaceous plant, Trientalis europaea, of N Europe and N Asia, having white flowers and leaves arranged in a whorl
Etymology: 16th Century: from Dutch wintergroen or German Wintergrün; see winter, green |