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wintergreen

noun

/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/

Etymology

From winter + green.

derived from *gʰreh₁-✻
inherited from *grōniz✻
inherited from *grōnī✻
inherited from grēne
inherited from grene
formed as wintergreen — “winter + green”

Definitions

Any evergreen plant.
One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including
One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:
The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens.
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1. The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries.
2. The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.

The neighborhood

synonymboxberryGaultheria procumbens
synonymcheckerberryGaultheria procumbens
synonympartridgeberryGaultheria procumbens
synonymspiceberryGaultheria procumbens
synonymteaberryGaultheria procumbens
neighborpinedrops
neighborpinesap
neighborshinleaf
neighborsurgical spirit

Derived

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA