Meaning

noun any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola

noun 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

noun spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

originEtymology 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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