| 单词 | boxberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboxberry boxberry n. North American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens; (also) the fruit of this plant.Now chiefly in lists of alternative names for the plant. 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 1706 J. Bradford & S. Sturtevant in W. T. Davis Rec. Town Plymouth (Mass.) (1889) I. 26 Thirty six acres of land..bounded from a stake in the range of said Cooks land in boxberry swamp. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 189 The path was strewn with old claret boxberries. 2000 C. W. Fetrow & J. R. Avila Compl. Guide Herbal Med. 576 Other names for wintergreen include boxberry, Canada tea.., and teaberry. < as lemmas |
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