HyperDic: wintergreen_oil

English > 1 sense of the expression wintergreen oil:
NOUNfoodwintergreen oil, oil of wintergreenoil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry / teaberry plant
English > wintergreen oil: 1 sense > noun 1, food
Meaningoil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry / teaberry plant.
Synonymoil of wintergreen
Broaderflavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoningSomething added to food primarily for the savor it imparts
Substance ofteaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbensCreeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
Substancesmethyl salicylate, birch oil, sweet-birch oilA liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen

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