Wintergreen
Definitions
- Any evergreen plant.
- 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)
- Gaultheria humifusa – alpine wintergreen
- Gaultheria ovatifolia – western teaberry or Oregon spicy wintergreen
- Chimaphila maculata – striped wintergreen, pipsissewa
- Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:
- Genus Pyrola, native to northern temperate and Arctic regions.
- Genus Orthilia
- Genus Moneses
- Genus Chimaphila (prince's pine, pipsissewa)
- Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen)
- The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens.
- The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries.
- The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.
Equivalents
5 more languages
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
Know this word better than we do? Language is a living thing — help us keep it growing. Collaborate with Babel Free