checkerberry

check·er·ber·ry

C0264100 (chĕk′ər-bĕr′ē)n. See wintergreen.

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[checker(board) + berry.]

checkerberry

(ˈtʃɛkəbərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) the fruit of any of various plants, esp the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)2. (Plants) any plant bearing this fruit

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.]

Thesaurus

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 oilcreeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, groundberry, ground-berryboxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oiloil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil - oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plantGaultheria, genus Gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubsshrublet - dwarf shrub
	2.	checkerberry - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oilboxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreenberry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preservescheckerberry, 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