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wintergreen

win·ter·green [ wíntər grn ] (plural win·ter·greens or win·ter·green)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. N American evergreen bush: a low-growing evergreen bush with red berries and fragrant leathery leaves from which an oil oil of wintergreen is distilled. Native to: eastern North America.  Latin name Gaultheria procumbens.

2. 
Same as  oil of wintergreen


[Mid-16th century. Translation of Dutch wintergroen]
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