Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wintergreen

3 senses of wintergreen

Sense 1
wintergreen, pyrola -- (any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens -- (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)
       => shrublet -- (dwarf shrub)

Sense 3
wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry -- (spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil)
       => berry -- (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

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