Also called checkerberry. a small, creeping, evergreen shrub, Gaultheria procumbens, of the heath family, common in eastern North America, having white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, a bright-red, berrylike fruit, and aromatic leaves that yield a volatile oil.
the oil of this shrub; wintergreen oil; methyl salicylate.
the flavor of oil of wintergreen or something flavored with it.
any of various other plants of the same genus.
any of various small evergreen herbs of the genera Pyrola and Chimaphila.
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Evidently this imposingly named product is practically a lanolin ointment containing oil of wintergreen and menthol.
A diminutive pine-tree, in a pot hung round with wintergreen, stood in the centre of the table.
Flavor the pink mass with wintergreen and the white one with peppermint.
The following is a good one: Make a paste of gum tragacanth and add a little oil of wintergreen.
"So do I," agreed Mabel, her mouth full of big, red wintergreen berries.