Wintergreen (Noun)
Meaning 1
Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The forest floor was carpeted with a lush layer of wintergreen, its leaves a vibrant green even in the dead of winter.
- In the shaded woodland garden, the wintergreen plants thrived, their delicate white flowers blooming in late summer.
- The hikers had to push through a dense thicket of wintergreen to reach the scenic overlook.
- The wintergreen that grew in the acidic soil of the bog was a favorite food source for the local deer population.
- In the stillness of the forest, the wintergreen seemed to glow with an otherworldly light, its leaves a beacon of life in the cold darkness.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Meaning 3
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Synonyms
- Teaberry
- Groundberry
- Checkerberry
- Gaultheria Procumbens
- Creeping Wintergreen
- Ground-berry
- Mountain Tea