Wĭn'ter-green, n.

n. (Bot.) An aromatic, creeping evergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), having bright red berries;—called also aromatic winter-green, checkerberry, and partridge-berry. ☞ The name is also applied to several species of plants of the heath family. False winter-green, a plant of the genus Pyrola.—Spotted winter-green, a plant of the genus Chimaphila (C. maculata).