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wintergreen vs lesser wintergreen

lesser wintergreen vs wintergreen

wintergreen and lesser wintergreen both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wintergreen Yes No No No
lesser wintergreen Yes No No No
As nouns, lesser wintergreen is a hyponym of wintergreen; that is, lesser wintergreen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wintergreen:
  • wintergreen: any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
  • lesser wintergreen: the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America
wintergreen (noun) lesser wintergreen (noun)
spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America
any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
Difference between wintergreen and lesser wintergreen

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