What is "partridgeberry"

n. 1 A common name used of various plants including 2 # squaw vine, ''Mitchella repens'' 3 # teaberry, ''Gaultheria procumbens'' 4 # (label en Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island) lingonberry, ''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'' 5 The berry of such a plant.

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