teaberry

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oilSynonyms: wintergreencheckerberrymountain teagroundberryground-berrycreeping wintergreenGaultheria procumbens
  2. spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oilSynonyms: wintergreenboxberrycheckerberryspiceberry
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Teaberry \Tea"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The checkerberry. [1913 Webster]
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