checker-berryn.

Etymology: Apparently another spelling of chequer n.², transferred to another plant, as frequent with names of animals and plants.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchecker-berry.

1. The fruit of Gaultheria procumbens, a small trailing plant of North America, with oval evergreen leaves and drooping white flowers; hence the plant itself; the Winter-green.

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boxberry1706

checker-berry1784

ivory plum1828

twinberry1836

wintergreen1778

mountain tea1785

spice-berry1792

partridgeberry1814

tea-berry1818

ivory plum1828

twinberry1836

ivy-berry1840

partridge bush1843

Gaultheria1848

checker-berry1852

partridge-vine1860

snowberry1866

one-berry1873

1784 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. (1785) I. 444 Arbutus... Foxberry. Checkerberry.

1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. ix. 128 A bunch of chicker-berries.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xvii. 282 Chewing some checkerberry-leaves.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table i. 8 The flora is rich in checkerberries.

2. The Partridge-berry, Mitchella repens (Webster).Partridge-berry is also a name of Gaultheria: hence the confusion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	checker-berry
释义	checker-berryn. Etymology: Apparently another spelling of chequer n.², transferred to another plant, as frequent with names of animals and plants.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchecker-berry. 1. The fruit of Gaultheria procumbens, a small trailing plant of North America, with oval evergreen leaves and drooping white flowers; hence the plant itself; the Winter-green. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > wintergreen shrubs > berry boxberry1706 checker-berry1784 ivory plum1828 twinberry1836 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > wintergreen shrubs wintergreen1778 mountain tea1785 spice-berry1792 partridgeberry1814 tea-berry1818 ivory plum1828 twinberry1836 ivy-berry1840 partridge bush1843 Gaultheria1848 checker-berry1852 partridge-vine1860 snowberry1866 one-berry1873 1784 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. (1785) I. 444 Arbutus... Foxberry. Checkerberry. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers I. ix. 128 A bunch of chicker-berries. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xvii. 282 Chewing some checkerberry-leaves. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table i. 8 The flora is rich in checkerberries. 2. The Partridge-berry, Mitchella repens (Webster).Partridge-berry is also a name of Gaultheria: hence the confusion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1784
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