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wintergreen

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  1. Any evergreen plant.
  2. Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially: Gaultheria procumbens, native to North America, having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves (checkerberry or teaberry)
  3. Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially: Gaultheria humifusa – alpine wintergreen
  4. Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially: Gaultheria ovatifolia – western teaberry or Oregon spicy wintergreen
  5. Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially: Chimaphila maculata – striped wintergreen, pipsissewa
  6. Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: Genus Pyrola, native to northern temperate and Arctic regions.
  7. Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: Genus Orthilia
  8. Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: Genus Moneses
  9. Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including: Genus Chimaphila (prince's pine, pipsissewa)
  10. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including: Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen)
  11. The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens.
  12. The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries.
  13. The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.

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