n.
Any of several evergreen plants in the heath order (Ericales).
They grow as woodland wildflowers and are cultivated as garden ground cover. They are also grown as a source of oil of wintergreen, a volatile, pungent oil used to flavour candies and chewing gum and to soothe muscular aches. Wintergreen is an alternative common name for several woodland herbs: those of the genus Pyrola (shinleaf), comprising about 12 species of creeping perennial s, and Gaultheria procumbens (also called teaberry and checkerberry; See also snowberry ), with white flowers and spicy red berries.
Wintergreen ( Gaultheria procumbens )
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