wintergreen
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wintergreen/ˈwɪntəɡriːn/
▶noun
- 1 a low-growing plant of acid soils, with spikes of white bell-shaped flowers. [Pyrola and other genera.]
- 2 the checkerberry or a related American shrub whose leaves produce oil.
- 3 (also oil of wintergreen) a pungent oil obtained from these plants or from the bark of a birch (Betula lenta), used medicinally and as a flavouring.
– origin C16: the plants so named because they remain green in winter.
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