checkerberry

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noun

The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.

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teaberrywintergreenmountain teagroundberryground-berrycreeping wintergreenGaultheria procumbensboxberry
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Meanings

nouncheckerberry (plural checkerberries)

plural checkerberries

  1. The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncreeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil

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teaberrywintergreenmountain teagroundberryground-berrycreeping wintergreenGaultheria procumbens
Broader
shrublet

nounspicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

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wintergreenboxberryteaberryspiceberry
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berry
Also see
boxberrymountain teaspiceberryteaberrywintergreen

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From the chequer tree, which has fruits of a similar appearance.

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Cite this entry
APA

checkerberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkerberry

MLA

“checkerberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkerberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “checkerberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/checkerberry.

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