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wintergreen en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Any evergreen plant.
(countable, uncountable) 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)
(countable, uncountable) One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: ▸ Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially: ▸ Gaultheria humifusa – alpine wintergreen
(countable, uncountable) 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
(countable, uncountable) One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: ▸ Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially: ▸ Chimaphila maculata – striped wintergreen, pipsissewa
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: ▸ Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: ▸ Genus Orthilia
(countable, uncountable) One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: ▸ Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: ▸ Genus Moneses
(countable, uncountable) 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)
(countable, uncountable) One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: ▸ Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen)
(countable, uncountable) The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens.
(countable, uncountable) The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries.
(countable, uncountable) The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
wintergreens	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

lesser wintergreen · English wintergreen · spotted wintergreen · false wintergreen · American wintergreen · round-leaved wintergreen · oil of wintergreen · wintergreen oil · striped wintergreen · chickweed wintergreen · wintergreen barberry · umbellate wintergreen · whitevein wintergreen · creeping wintergreen · flowering wintergreen · one-flowered wintergreen

pinesap · surgical spirit · shinleaf · pinedrops

Synonyms

partridgeberry (Gaultheria procumbens) · checkerberry (Gaultheria procumbens) · shinleaf (perennial of the genus Pyrola) · teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens) · spiceberry (Gaultheria procumbens) · boxberry (Gaultheria procumbens)

Translations (12)

ru Гаультерия лежачая (Gaultheria procumbens) · fi lamosalali (Gaultheria procumbens) · fi talvikki (evergreen perennial of the genus Pyrola) · taa tso' dzegha' ts'iɬ'ani (evergreen perennial of the genus Pyrola) · fr pyrole (evergreen perennial of the genus Pyrola) · de Wintergrün (evergreen perennial of the genus Pyrola) · pl gruszyczka (evergreen perennial of the genus Pyrola) · fr pirole (evergreen perennial of the genus Pyrola) · de Scheinbeere (Gaultheria procumbens) · fo vetrarlilja (evergreen perennial of the genus Pyrola) · ru груша́нка (evergreen perennial of the genus Pyrola) · es siempreverde (Gaultheria procumbens)