wintergreen
/ˈwɪntəgriːn/noun
1
- a North American plant from which a pungent oil is obtained冬青树：
1.1
- the checkerberry or a related shrub whose leaves produce oil伏卧白珠树。
1.2
- a birch tree whose bark produces oil (Betula lenta, family Betulaceae)油桦（拉丁名Betula lenta,桦木科）。
1.3
- （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。
2
- a low-growing plant of acid soils in north temperate regions, with spikes of white bell-shaped flowers鹿蹄草。
2.1
- Pyrola and other genera, family Pyrolaceae.鹿蹄草属和其他属, 鹿蹄草科。
词源
mid 16th cent.: the plants so named because of remaining green in winter， suggested by Dutch wintergroen, German Wintergrün.