noun
Meaning 1
The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
checkerberry
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noun
Meaning 2
spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wintergreen, boxberry, teaberry, spiceberry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: berry
noun
Meaning 3
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: teaberry, wintergreen, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shrublet
History
Etymology
From the chequer tree, which has fruits of a similar appearance.