Wintergreen Definition–noun | 1. | Also called checkerberry. a small, creeping, evergreen shrub, Gaultheria procumbens, of the heath family, common in eastern North America, having white, nodding, bell-shaped flowers, a bright-red, berrylike fruit, and aromatic leaves that yield a volatile oil. | | 2. | the oil of this shrub; wintergreen oil; methyl salicylate. | | 3. | the flavor of oil of wintergreen or something flavored with it. | | 4. | any of various other plants of the same genus. | | 5. | any of various small evergreen herbs of the genera Pyrola and Chimaphila. | |
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Oil Definition–noun | 1. | any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but no
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| 2. | a substance of this or similar consistency. | | 3. | refined or crude petroleum. | | 5. | Informal. unctuous hypocrisy; flattery. | | 7. | Australian and New Zealand Slang. facts or news; information: good oil. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to smear, lubricate, or supply with oil. | | 10. | to make unctuous or smooth: to oil his words. | | 11. | to convert into oil by melting, as butter. | –adjective | 12. | pertaining to or resembling oil. | | 13. | using oil, esp. as a fuel: an oil furnace. | | 14. | concerned with the production or use of oil: an offshore oil rig. | —Idioms | 17. | pour oil on troubled waters, to attempt to calm a difficult or tense situation, as an argument. | | 18. | strike oil, | a. | to discover oil, esp. to bring in a well. | | b. | to have good luck, esp. financially; make an important and valuable discovery: They struck oil only after years of market research. | | |
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