wintergreen

wintergreen
noun
  1. a North American plant from which a pungent oil is obtained
    冬青树
  2. the checkerberry or a related shrub whose leaves produce oil a birch tree whose bark produces oil (Betula lenta, family Betulaceae)
    伏卧白珠树 油桦(拉丁名Betula lenta,桦木科)
    ■(亦作 oil of wintergreen)[mass noun]a pungent oil containing methyl salicylate, now obtained from this birch tree or made synthetically, used medicinally and as a flavouring
    冬青油,水杨酸甲酯
  3. a low-growing plant of acid soils in north temperate regions, with spikes of white bell-shaped flowers
    鹿蹄草
  4. Pyrola and other genera, family Pyrolaceae
    有鹿蹄草属和其他属,鹿蹄草科
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: the plants so named because of remaining green in winter, suggested by Dutch wintergroen, German Wintergrün
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