wintergreen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wintergreen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for wintergreen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wintergreen n any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola Synonym(s): wintergreen, pyrola 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 Synonym(s): teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil Synonym(s): wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wintergreen \Win"tergreen`\, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. Note: In England, the name wintergreen* is applied to the species of {Pyrola} which in America are called {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf, under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}. {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}. {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia}) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wintergreen, VA Zip code(s): 22958