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• green — wintergreen …   Dictionnaire des rimes

• wintergreen — [ wintɛrgrin; wintɶrgrin ] n. m. • 1843; mot angl. « gaulthérie » ♦ Essence de wintergreen : huile essentielle, extraite des feuilles de gaulthérie ou de l écorce de bouleau, employée en parfumerie. ● wintergreen nom masculin (anglais wintergreen …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Wintergreen — Win ter*green , n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. [1913 Webster] Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of {Pyrola} which in America are called {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Wintergreen — is a group of plants. Wintergreen once commonly referred to plants that continue photosynthesis (remain green) throughout the winter. The term evergreen is now more commonly used for this characteristic.Some species of the shrub genus Gaultheria… …   Wikipedia

• wintergreen — (n.) type of plant, 1540s, from WINTER (Cf. winter) (n.) + GREEN (Cf. green) …   Etymology dictionary

• wintergreen — /win teuhr green /, n. 1. 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… …   Universalium

• wintergreen — win·ter·green wint ər .grēn n 1) any plant of the genus Gaultheria esp a low evergreen plant (G. procumbens) with white flowers and spicy red berries 2) OIL OF WINTERGREEN * * * win·ter·green (winґtər grēn) Gaultheria procumbens …   Medical dictionary

• wintergreen — noun 1》 a low growing plant of acid soils, with spikes of white bell shaped flowers. [Pyrola and other genera.] 2》 the checkerberry or a related American shrub whose leaves produce oil. 3》 (also oil of wintergreen) a pungent oil obtained from… …   English new terms dictionary

• wintergreen barberry — noun : a Chinese evergreen shrub (Berberis julianae) that is used as an ornamental and has glabrous branchlets, 3 parted spines, acute spiny toothed leaves, and black fruit * * * a Chinese evergreen shrub, Berberis julianae, of the barberry… …   Useful english dictionary

• wintergreen barberry — a Chinese evergreen shrub, Berberis julianae, of the barberry family, having spiny leaves, dark green above, pale beneath, clusters of yellow flowers, and bluish black fruit. * * * …   Universalium

• wintergreen — win·ter·green …   English syllables