Wintergreen
Small shrub in the Heath family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the plants of the genus Gaultheria that are commonly known as wintergreen. For other uses, see Wintergreen (disambiguation).
Wintergreen is a group of aromatic plants.[1] The term wintergreen once commonly referred to plants that remain green (continue photosynthesis) throughout the winter. The term evergreen is now more commonly used for this characteristic.
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Most species of the shrub genus Gaultheria demonstrate this characteristic and are called wintergreens in North America, the most common generally being the American wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens).[2] Wintergreens in the genus Gaultheria contain an aromatic compound, methyl salicylate, and are used as a mintlike flavoring.