Synonyms
1. wintergreen
noun. any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola.
Synonyms
- Pyrola elliptica
- Pyrola americana
- herbaceous plant
- herb
- lesser wintergreen
- Pyrola rotundifolia
- shinleaf
- genus Pyrola
- Pyrola minor
- Pyrola rotundifolia americana
- false wintergreen
- wild lily of the valley
Featured Games
2. wintergreen
noun. spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.
Synonyms
- boxberry
- mountain tea
- groundberry
- ground-berry
- spiceberry
- berry
- creeping wintergreen
- teaberry
- checkerberry
3. wintergreen
noun. 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.
Synonyms
- Gaultheria procumbens
- Gaultheria
- boxberry
- shrublet
- genus Gaultheria
- groundberry
- oil of wintergreen
- teaberry
- ground-berry
- spiceberry
- creeping wintergreen
- mountain tea
- checkerberry
Example sentences of the word wintergreen
1. Noun, singular or mass
Boxwood wintergreen is often used in low-growing hedges, but is a nice choice to plant beneath a window if you prefer a more formal landscape or want a plant that can be shaped.
2. Adjective
Place two to three wintergreen Tic Tacs around the cell where there is room.