English > creeping wintergreen: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | 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. |
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Synonyms | teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, Gaultheria procumbens |
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Member of | Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria | widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs |
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Parts | wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry | spicy red berrylike fruit |
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Broader | shrublet | dwarf shrub |
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Substances | wintergreen oil, oil of wintergreen | oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry / teaberry plant |
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Spanish | gaulteria |
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Catalan | gaultheria procumbens |
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