Meaning of BOXBERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'bâks`beree
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- [n] spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
- [n] creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
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| | Synonyms: | | checkerberry, Mitchella repens, partridgeberry, spiceberry, teaberry, twinberry, wintergreen |
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| | See Also: | | berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, genus Mitchella, groundberry, Mitchella, mountain tea, vine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The wintergreen. ({Gaultheria procumbens}). [Local, U.S.]
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