wintergreen
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(noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil |
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Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry |
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Related Words: berry |
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(noun) any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola |
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Synonyms: pyrola |
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Related Words: Pyrola americana, Pyrola elliptica, Pyrola minor, Pyrola rotundifolia, Pyrola rotundifolia americana, false wintergreen, herb, herbaceous plant, lesser wintergreen, shinleaf, wild lily of the valley |
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(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 |
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Synonyms: Gaultheria procumbens, checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry |
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Related Words: shrublet |
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