checkerberry

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check·er·ber·ry

(chĕk′ər-bĕr′ē)

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checkerberry

(ˈtʃɛkəbərɪ; -brɪ)

n, pl -ries

1. (Plants) the fruit of any of various plants, esp the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

2. (Plants) any plant bearing this fruit

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check•er•ber•ry

(ˈtʃɛk ərˌbɛr i)

n., pl. -ries.

1. the red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.

2. the plant itself.

[1770–80, Amer.]

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Noun	1.	checkerberry - 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 creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, groundberry, ground-berry boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil - oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs shrublet - dwarf shrub
	2.	checkerberry - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil boxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, groundberry, ground-berry - 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

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