Definitions of wintergreen
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any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
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synonyms:
pyrola
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types:
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Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia americana, false wintergreen
evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers
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Pyrola minor, lesser wintergreen
the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America
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Pyrola elliptica, shinleaf, wild lily of the valley
North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
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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
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type of:
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herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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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
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synonyms:
Gaultheria procumbens, checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry
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type of:
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shrublet
dwarf shrub
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shrublet
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spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
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synonyms:
boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry
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type of:
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berry
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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berry
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