wintergreen

n 1: any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola

[syn: {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 [syn:

{teaberry}, {checkerberry}, {mountain tea}, {groundberry},

{creeping wintergreen}, {Gaultheria procumbens}]

3: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: {boxberry},

{checkerberry}, {teaberry}, {spiceberry}]