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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for wintergreen

Noun

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