wintergreen
n . 白珠树之类
白珠树之类
wintergreen n 1 :
any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola [
synonym : {
wintergreen }, {
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 [
synonym :
{
teaberry }, {
wintergreen }, {
checkerberry }, {
mountain tea },
{
groundberry }, {
ground -
berry }, {
creeping wintergreen },
{
Gaultheria procumbens }]
3 :
spicy red berrylike fruit ;
source of wintergreen oil [
synonym :
{
wintergreen }, {
boxberry }, {
checkerberry }, {
teaberry },
{
spiceberry }]
Wintergreen \
Win "
ter *
green `\,
n . (
Bot .)
A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In England ,
the name wintergreen is applied to the species of {
Pyrola }
which in America are called {
English wintergreen },
and {
shin leaf } (
see Shin leaf ,
under {
Shin }.)
In America ,
the name wintergreen is given to {
Gaultheria procumbens },
a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem ,
and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries ; --
called also {
checkerberry },
and sometimes ,
though improperly , {
partridge berry }.
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Chickweed wintergreen },
a low perennial primulaceous herb ({
Trientalis Americana }); --
also called {
star flower }.
{
Flowering wintergreen },
a low plant ({
Polygala paucifolia })
with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ({
Gaultheria }),
and bearing a few showy ,
rose -
purple blossoms .
{
oil of wintergreen },
An aromatic oil ,
consisting almost entirely of methyl salicylate ({
CH3CO .
O .
C6H4 .
OH }),
obtained by distillation of an extract of the wintergreen ({
Gaultheria procumbens });
it can also be obtained from some other plants .
It is used as a flavoring agent for tooth powders and pastes ,
sometimes combined with menthol or eucalyptus .
It is called also {
oil of teaberry }, {
oil of partridgeberry },
and {
oil of gaultheria }.
{
Spotted wintergreen },
a low evergreen plant ({
Chimaphila maculata })
with ovate ,
white -
spotted leaves .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
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