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Definition of checkerberry

checkerberry
Wintergreen Win"ter*green`, n. (Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of Pyrola which in America are called English wintergreen, and shin leaf (see Shin leaf, under Shin.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also checkerberry, and sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry. Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb (Trientalis Americana); -- also called star flower. Flowering wintergreen, a low plant (Polygala paucifolia) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen (Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple blossoms. Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant (Chimaphila maculata) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.
Checkerberry
Checkerberry Check"er*ber`ry (-b[e^]r"r[y^]), n.; pl. Checkerberries. (Bot.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

Meaning of checkerberry from wikipedia

- Gaultheria pro****bens, also called the eastern teaberry, the checkerberry, the boxberry, or the American wintergreen, is a species of Gaultheria native...
- intersection) West View (located between Checkerberry Village and Cozy Corners) Checkerberry Village (based around Checkerberry Square which now longer exists)...
- humifusa—alpine wintergreen Gaultheria pro****bens—eastern teaberry, checkerberry, boxberry, or American wintergreen Gaultheria ovatifolia—western teaberry...
- which he stated that he survived not only by eating strawberries and checkerberries, but by his "never-give-up attitude" through his faith in God and his...
- OIr/Sc dorus 'doorway, gateway', Ir doras; W drws - Lorèze dreglio 'checkerberry (fruit of the wild service tree)' - Diminutive of Gaul dercos 'berry'...
- and northwestern Yunnan Gaultheria pro****bens L. – eastern teaberry, checkerberry, boxberry, or American wintergreen – eastern and central Canada and eastern...
- statesymbolsusa.org. Retrieved July 12, 2023. "Wintergreen/Teaberry/Checkerberry". friendsofrachelcarsonnwr.org. Retrieved July 12, 2023. "Maine Facts"...
- cantabrica Bog-rosemary Andromeda polifolia Shallon Gaultheria shallon * Checkerberry Gaultheria pro****bens * Prickly heath Gaultheria mucronata * Strawberry-tree...
- than 20 kt I-131 venting detected, 0 Simultaneous, same hole. Hazebrook-Checkerberry (Red) - 2 February 3, 1987 15:20:00.08 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U10bh 37°10′52″N...
- or Oregon ****y wintergreen Gaultheria pro****bens – eastern teaberry, checkerberry, boxberry or American wintergreen Wintergreens NatureServe (2024). "Gaultheria...