wintergreen

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any evergreen plant. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  2. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:; Gaultheria procumbens, native to North America, having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves (checkerberry or teaberry) countable,uncountable
  3. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:; Gaultheria humifusa – alpine wintergreen countable,uncountable
  4. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:; Gaultheria ovatifolia – western teaberry or Oregon spicy wintergreen countable,uncountable
  5. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in shrub genus Gaultheria, commonly known as wintergreen, especially:; Chimaphila maculata – striped wintergreen, pipsissewa countable,uncountable
  6. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:; Genus Pyrola, native to northern temperate and Arctic regions. countable,uncountable
  7. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:; Genus Orthilia countable,uncountable
  8. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:; Genus Moneses countable,uncountable
  9. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Plants in any of several other genera in the herbaceous family Ericaceae, including:; Genus Chimaphila (prince's pine, pipsissewa) countable,uncountable
  10. One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:; Some species of the herbaceous genus Trientalis, in family Primulaceae (chickweed wintergreen) countable,uncountable
  11. The spicy red berries of Gaultheria procumbens. countable,uncountable
  12. The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries. countable,uncountable
  13. The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived. countable,uncountable

词形变化

wintergreens plural

词源

Etymology tree
English winter
Proto-Germanic *grōniz
Proto-West Germanic *grōnī
Old English grēne
Middle English grene
English green
English wintergreen
From winter + green.
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