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Teaberry vs Wintergreen - What's the difference?

teaberry | wintergreen |

Wintergreen is a synonym of teaberry.



As nouns the difference between teaberry and wintergreen

is that teaberry is a berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens, also known as the eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, and checkerberry while wintergreen is any evergreen plant.

teaberry

English

Noun

(wikipedia teaberry) (teaberries)
  • A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens , also known as the eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, and checkerberry.
  • Synonyms

    * boxberry * checkerberry * partridgeberry

    Anagrams

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    wintergreen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Any evergreen plant.
  • Any of several evergreen perennials of the genus
  • A North American creeping evergreen plant, Gaultheria procumbens , having solitary white flowers and aromatic leaves; the checkerberry or teaberry
  • The spicy red berries of this plant
  • The oil, methyl salicylate, obtained from these berries
  • The aroma of the oil, methyl salicylate, however derived.
  • Synonyms

    * (perennial of the genus Pyrola) shinleaf * (Gaultheria procumbens) boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry, spiceberry, teaberry

    Derived terms

    * American wintergreen * chickweed wintergreen * creeping wintergreen * English wintergreen * false wintergreen * flowering wintergreen * lesser wintergreen * oil of wintergreen * one-flowered wintergreen * round-leaved wintergreen * spotted wintergreen * striped wintergreen * wintergreen barberry * wintergreen oil

    Synonyms

    * teaberry