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1. (n.) checkerberry
the red fruit of the American wintergreen,
Gaultheria procumbens.
2. checkerberry
the plant itself.
Etymology: (1770–80, Amer.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
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
2. (noun) wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry
spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) checkerberry
a spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens)
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