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noun
A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A pinkish-white edible berry which grows in the Falkland Islands, where the fruits are harvested annually by Islanders to make cakes, confectionary and pavlovas. On the South American mainland the leaves are brewed for tea (Myrteola nummularia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry
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Broader terms: berry
noun
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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Synonyms: wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
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Broader terms: shrublet
History
Etymology tree English tea Middle English berye English berry English teaberry From tea + berry.
Across languages
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