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Boxberry

Boxberry \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The wintergreen. ( Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.]

Wiktionary
boxberry

n. The teaberry, ''Gaultheria procumbens''.

WordNet
boxberry
  1. n. creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries [syn: partridgeberry, twinberry, Mitchella repens]

  2. spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: wintergreen, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry]

Usage examples of "boxberry".

I caught a glimpse of Grandma, in her part of the Ark, frying boxberry griddle-cakes.

He declared that while rambling about in search of boxberry plums, he had stumbled into the Splurgle hole.