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teaberry

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Meaning

  1. 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).
  2. noun 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).

Similar words

checkerberry boxberry spiceberry wintergreen mountain tea creeping wintergreen gaultheria procumbens groundberry deerberry partridgeberry

Often followed by

gum and leaves

Word family

teaberries

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