Meanings
plural teaberries · alternative tea berry
- A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry).
- 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
nounspicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishtea
- Proto-Germanic*bazją
- Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
- Old Englishberġe
- Middle Englishberie
- Englishberry
- Englishteaberry
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
teaberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaberry
“teaberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaberry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teaberry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teaberry.
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