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 Definitions of checkerberry  [ˈtʃɛk ərˌbɛr i]  

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Definition of 'checkerberry' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) checkerberry
the red fruit of the American wintergreen,
Gaultheria procumbens.

2.  checkerberry
the plant itself.

Etymology:  (1770–80, Amer.)

Definition of 'checkerberry' Princeton's WordNet 

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


Definition of 'checkerberry' Webster Dictionary 

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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