Noun: oil of wintergreen
- Oil or flavouring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant
"Oil of wintergreen gave the candy its distinctive flavour";
- wintergreen oil
Derived forms: oils of wintergreen
Type of: flavor [US], flavorer [US], flavoring [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], flavourer [Brit, Cdn], flavouring [Brit, Cdn], seasoner, seasoning
Part of: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, groundberry, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen
Encyclopedia: Oil of wintergreen