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