teaberry

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noun

A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry).

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wintergreencheckerberrymountain teagroundberryground-berrycreeping wintergreenGaultheria procumbensboxberry
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Meanings

nounteaberry (plural teaberries)

plural teaberries · alternative tea berry

  1. A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry).
  2. A pinkish-white edible berry which grows in the Falkland Islands, where the fruits are harvested annually by Islanders to make cakes, confectionary and pavlovas. On the South American mainland the leaves are brewed for tea (Myrteola nummularia).

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

Similar
wintergreencheckerberrymountain teagroundberryground-berrycreeping wintergreenGaultheria procumbens
Broader

nounspicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishtea
  2. Proto-Germanic*bazją
  3. Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
  4. Old Englishberġe
  5. Middle Englishberie
  6. Englishberry
  7. Englishteaberry

From tea + berry.

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Translations

Finnish lamosalali
  • lamosalalishrub Gaultheria procumbens and its berry
Polish golteria rozesłana
  • golteria rozesłanashrub Gaultheria procumbens and its berry
Spanish gaulteria, axocopaque
  • gaulteriashrub Gaultheria procumbens and its berry
  • axocopaqueshrub Gaultheria procumbens and its berry

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Cite this entry
APA

teaberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaberry

MLA

“teaberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaberry. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teaberry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaberry.

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