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Princeton's WordNet

  1. partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repensnoun

    creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries

  2. wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberrynoun

    spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

Wiktionary

  1. boxberrynoun

    An alternative name for the teaberry.

Wikipedia

  1. boxberry

    Gaultheria procumbens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, the boxberry, or the American wintergreen, is a species of Gaultheria native to northeastern North America from Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Alabama. It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family).

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  1. boxberry

    Boxberry is a common name that can refer to various plant species like the Wintergreen plant (Gaultheria procumbens) and the Eastern Teaberry, found in North America. It's characterized by its aromatic leaves and produces small red berries. The term "boxberry" isn't universally applied or recognized in scientific communities, as different regions may have different colloquial names for the same plant.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Boxberrynoun

    the wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of boxberry in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of boxberry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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