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 wintergreen
      n 1: any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
           [syn: pyrola]
      2: 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 [syn:
          teaberry, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry,
          ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria
          procumbens]
      3: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: boxberry,
          checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry]