A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. [1913 Webster]
Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb (Trientalis Americana); -- also called star flower. --
Flowering wintergreen, a low plant (Polygala paucifolia) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen (Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. --
Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant (Chimaphila maculata) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.