English dictionary
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English noun: wintergreen | |||
| 1. | wintergreen (plant) any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola | ||
| Synonyms | pyrola | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | false wintergreen, lesser wintergreen, Pyrola americana, Pyrola elliptica, Pyrola minor, Pyrola rotundifolia, Pyrola rotundifolia americana, shinleaf, wild lily of the valley, wild lily of the valley | ||
| Member meronym | genus Pyrola | ||
| 2. | wintergreen (plant) 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 | checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shrublet | ||
| Part holonym | boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen | ||
| Member meronym | Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria | ||
| Substance holonym | oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil | ||
| 3. | wintergreen (food) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | ||
| Synonyms | boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | berry | ||
| Part meronym | checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen | ||
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