(n.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
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Wintergreen
Definition:
(n.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
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(1) Fluorescent antibody (FA) was prepared for a methanogenic bacterium isolated from Wintergreen Lake pelagic sediment.
(2) FA direct counts of the specific methanogen in Wintergreen Lake sediments were made on four different sampling dates and compared with five-tube most-probable-number estimates of the total methanogenic population that was present in the same samples.
(3) The ability of female mice to return to oestrus following exposure to males perfumed either with oil of wintergreen or with the commercial perfume, "Kanta" was evaluated.
(4) Strict anaerobic culture techniques were used to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the anaerobic heterotrophic bacteria present at the sediment-water interface of hyperutrophic Wintergreen Lake (Augusta, Mich.).
(5) These results are considered strong presumptive evidence that clostridia are actively metabolizing in the sediments of Wintergreen Lake.
(6) Methyl salicylate (oil of wintergreen) in the form of candy flavoring was ingested by a 21-month-old male infant who subsequently developed vomiting, lethargy, and hyperpnea.
(7) wintergreen, was presented, but not followed by any event.
(8) wintergreen) on other days which was never followed by food.
(9) The FA did not cross-react with 9 other methanogens, including M. formicicum strains, or 24 heterotrophs, 18 of which had been isolated from Wintergreen Lake sediment.