checkerberry

/ˈtʃɛkərˌbɛri/
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Other forms: checkerberries

Definitions of checkerberry
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: Gaultheria procumbens, creeping wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen
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    type of:
    shrublet
    dwarf shrub
  2. noun
    spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
    synonyms: boxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen
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    type of:
    berry
    any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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