Wintergreen: 1 definition
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Wintergreen means something in biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Wintergreen in English is the name of a plant defined with Chimaphila umbellata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Pyrola corymbosa (Pursh) Bertoloni, nom. illeg. (among others).
2) Wintergreen is also identified with Gaultheria acuminata It has the synonym Brossea nitida (Benth.) Kuntze (etc.).
3) Wintergreen is also identified with Pyrola rotundifolia It has the synonym Pyrola rotundifolia Benth. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Acta Universitatis Lundensis
· Flora Mexicana (1894)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· North American Flora (1914)
· Rhodora (1917)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1914)
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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: American wintergreen, Flowering wintergreen, Fragrant wintergreen, Green-flowered wintergreen, Greenflowered wintergreen, Indian wintergreen, Liverleaf wintergreen, One-sided wintergreen, Oneflowered wintergreen, Sidebells wintergreen, Spotted wintergreen, White-veined wintergreen, Whiteveined wintergreen.
Full-text: American wintergreen, Greenflowered wintergreen, Whiteveined wintergreen, Green-flowered wintergreen, Indian wintergreen, Liverleaf wintergreen, Fragrant wintergreen, Flowering wintergreen, Sidebells wintergreen, White-veined wintergreen, Spotted wintergreen, One-sided wintergreen, Oneflowered wintergreen, Machino.
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