wintergreen
/ˈwɪntərɡrin/
noun
- A low-growing evergreen plant with small white flowers and red berries, native to North America, or the oil obtained from it, used for flavoring.
- The hiker found wintergreen growing under the pine trees and crushed a leaf to smell its minty scent.
- In the forest, wintergreen berries provide food for birds and small mammals during the cold months.
- Wintergreen oil is often used to give candy and gum a cool, minty flavor.
- A flavor or scent resembling that of wintergreen oil, often used in candies, gum, and medicines.
- She bought a pack of wintergreen mints to freshen her breath.
- The toothpaste had a strong wintergreen taste that reminded him of the woods.
- Many people enjoy the sharp, cool flavor of wintergreen in their chewing gum.
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