wintergreen

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Dampen cotton balls with oil of wintergreen, and place around the home, out of sight, but where the air can reach them;

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  1. noun A low-growing, creeping evergreen plant (Gaultheria procumbens) of North America, having solitary nodding white flowers, aromatic leaves, and spicy edible scarlet berries. Also called checkerberry, teaberry.
  2. noun An oil or a flavoring obtained from this plant.
  3. noun Any of several similar or related plants, such as the pipsissewa.

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  • Dampen cotton balls with oil of wintergreen, and place around the home, out of sight, but where the air can reach them; —  Merced Sun-Star: front
  • Like I was brainwashed. wintergreen (90 posts) on March 29, 2009 - 3: 32am. wanderrerr (201 posts) on March 30, 2009 - 12: 57am. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
  • All Lacquered Up describes the shade as wintergreen, and I gotta say, it makes for a fun feminine twist on pale fingernails. —  afrobella
  • I would never want to be with anyone who judged others in such a way, even if I myself fell under their predetermined range of "date-worthy" races. wintergreen (72 posts) on March 13, 2009 - 3: 28pm. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
  • Why can't anyone just shut their mouths about someone being too thin or too fat and worry about THEMSELVES? wintergreen (76 posts) on March 14, 2009 - 2: 54pm. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
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  1. Translation of Dutch wintergroen.

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  1. = Dutch wintergroen: so called as keeping green through the winter; as winter + green.
 

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/ˈwɪntərgrin/
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