wintergreen meaning and definition

WINTERGREEN noun

Definition of wintergreen (noun)

1. any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
   • synonyms: pyrola
2. 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
   • synonyms: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, groundberry, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry
3. spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
   • synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry