wintergreen

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
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
noun spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

From winter + green.

Do not mistake the bunchberry for the wintergreen. — On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls, Lina Beard
All around were low, creeping hemlocks, and among them the partridge-vine and the wintergreen grew, and the sweet black acorns could be scratched from under the snow. — Wild Animals I Have Known, Ernest Thompson Seton
He knows where there are lots of wintergreens and sweet flags, but instead of going for them, he is to stay indoors and pare apples, and stone raisins, and pound something in a mortar. — McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey

pyrola

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