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• creeping wintergreen — šliaužiančioji bruknuolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erikinių šeimos prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas (Gaultheria procumbens), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai (kvėpikliai). atitikmenys: lot. Gaultheria… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• creeping wintergreen — 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 • Syn: ↑teaberry, ↑wintergreen, ↑checkerberry, ↑mountain tea, ↑groundberry,… …   Useful english dictionary

• wintergreen oil — noun oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant • Syn: ↑oil of wintergreen • Hypernyms: ↑flavorer, ↑flavourer, ↑flavoring, ↑flavouring, ↑seasoner, ↑seasoning …   Useful english dictionary

• wintergreen — šliaužiančioji bruknuolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erikinių šeimos prieskoninis, vaistinis augalas (Gaultheria procumbens), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai (kvėpikliai). atitikmenys: lot. Gaultheria… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• Creeping — Creep ing, a. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. Every creeping thing. Gen. vi. 20. [1913 Webster] 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. [1913 Webster] Casements lined with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Creeping snowberry — Creeping Creep ing, a. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. Every creeping thing. Gen. vi. 20. [1913 Webster] 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. [1913 Webster] Casements… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wintergreen — [win′tərgrēn΄] n. [based on Ger wintergrün, Du wintergroen: so named because evergreen ] ☆ 1. a) any of several gaultherias; esp., a creeping subshrub (Gaultheria procumbens) having small, rounded evergreen leaves, bell shaped, white flowers, and …   English World 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 — noun Date: 1548 1. any of a genus (Pyrola of the family Pyrolaceae, the wintergreen family) of evergreen perennial herbs (as the shinleafs) that have basal leaves and racemose flowers 2. a. any of a genus (Gaultheria) of evergreen plants of the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wintergreen — /ˈwɪntəgrin/ (say wintuhgreen) noun 1. a small, creeping evergreen ericaceous shrub, Gaultheria procumbens, common in eastern North America, with white bell shaped flowers, a bright red berry like fruit, and aromatic leaves which yield a volatile …  

• wintergreen — noun a) Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola b) A North American creeping evergreen plant, Gaultheria procumbens, having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves; the checkerberry or teaberry Syn …   Wiktionary