 checkerberry |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | wintergreen mountain_tea groundberry creeping_wintergreen Gaultheria_procumbens ground-berry teaberry | |
| Related terms: | shrublet Gaultheria wintergreen wintergreen_oil | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (chemistry,botany,food) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | |
| Synonyms: | boxberry teaberry spiceberry wintergreen | |
| Related terms: | berry teaberry | |
| Similar spelling: |
checkerboard checkerbloom |
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