wintergreen
- Noun. (obsolete) Any evergreen plant.
- Noun. Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus ''Pyrola''.
- Noun. A North American creeping evergreen plant, ''Gaultheria procumbens'', having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves; the checkerberry or teaberry.
- Noun. The spicy red berries of this plant.
- Noun. The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries.
- Noun. The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.
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