wintergreen
/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/
wintergreen noun: any evergreen plant.
Noun
wintergreen (countable and uncountable, plural wintergreens)
- Any evergreen plant.
- Gaultheria procumbens, native to North America, having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves (checkerberry or teaberry)
- Gaultheria humifusa – alpine wintergreen
- Gaultheria ovatifolia – western teaberry or Oregon spicy wintergreen
- Chimaphila maculata – striped wintergreen, pipsissewa
- Genus Pyrola, native to northern temperate and Arctic regions.
- Synonyms:
- shinleaf
- Genus Orthilia
- Genus Moneses
- Genus Chimaphila (prince's pine, pipsissewa)
- Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen)
- The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens.
- The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries.
- The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.
wintergreen meaning in Tamil
wintergreen in Tamil
- கூதிர்ப்பச்சை
Synonyms of wintergreen
Forms of wintergreen
| plural | wintergreens |
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Origin of wintergreen
From winter + green.
Words formed from wintergreen
- American wintergreen
- chickweed wintergreen
- creeping wintergreen
- English wintergreen
- false wintergreen
- flowering wintergreen
- lesser wintergreen
- oil of wintergreen
- one-flowered wintergreen
- round-leaved wintergreen
- spotted wintergreen
- striped wintergreen
- umbellate wintergreen
- whitevein wintergreen
- wintergreen barberry
- wintergreen oil
Questions about wintergreen
- What does wintergreen mean?
- Wintergreen means any evergreen plant.
- What is wintergreen in Tamil?
- Wintergreen in Tamil is கூதிர்ப்பச்சை. See Wintergreen meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is wintergreen?
- Wintergreen is a noun.
- How do you pronounce wintergreen?
- Wintergreen is pronounced /ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/.
- What is the plural of wintergreen?
- The plural of wintergreen is wintergreens.
Words near wintergreen in the dictionary
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