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]