| NOUN | plant | wintergreen, pyrola | any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola |
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| plant | wintergreen, teaberry, 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 | |
| food | wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry | spicy red berrylike fruit |
| Meaning | Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola. | |
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| Synonym | pyrola | |
| Member of | genus Pyrola | short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions |
| Narrower | false wintergreen, Pyrola americana, Pyrola rotundifolia americana | evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and numerous white flowers |
| lesser wintergreen, Pyrola minor | The common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers | |
| wild lily of the valley, shinleaf, Pyrola elliptica | North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters | |
| wild lily of the valley, Pyrola rotundifolia | evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-white flowers | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | pyrola | |
| Catalan | pyrola | |
| 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, checkerberry, mountain tea, 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 | |
| Meaning | spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil. | |
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| Synonyms | boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry | |
| Part of | 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 |
| Broader | berry | Any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits |
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