Synonyms of wintergreen

Noun


1. wintergreen, pyrola, herb, herbaceous plant

usage: any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola

2. teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, shrublet

usage: 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

3. wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry, berry

usage: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

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Definition and meaning of wintergreen (Dictionary)