Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gaultheria"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.

Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the
species of {Pyrola} which in America are called
{English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf,
under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is
given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen
aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of
a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed
by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and
sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}.

{Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb
({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}.

{Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia})
with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen
({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple
blossoms.

{Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila
maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gaultheria \Gaul*the"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and,
often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green
({Gaultheria procumbens}), and the larger-fruited salal of
Northwestern America ({Gaultheria Shallon}).

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Gaultheria
n : widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen
shrubs [syn: {Gaultheria}, {genus Gaultheria}]


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