boxberry

Noun
Synonyms: partridgeberrytwinberryMitchella repenswintergreencheckerberryteaberryspiceberry

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berriesSynonyms: partridgeberrytwinberryMitchella repens
  2. spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oilSynonyms: wintergreencheckerberryteaberryspiceberry
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Boxberry \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster]
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