[syn: wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Boxberry \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
boxberry
n 1: creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny
evergreen leaves and scarlet berries [syn:
partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella
repens]
2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn:
wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry,
spiceberry]