a North American plant from which a pungent oil is obtained 冬青树
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
a low-growing plant of acid soils in north temperate regions, with spikes of white bell-shaped flowers 鹿蹄草
Pyrola and other genera, family Pyrolaceae 有鹿蹄草属和其他属,鹿蹄草科
语源
mid 16th cent.: the plants so named because of remaining green in winter, suggested by Dutch wintergroen, German Wintergrün