Boxberry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Boxberry \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     The wintergreen. ({Gaultheria procumbens}). [Local, U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  boxberry
       n 1: creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny
            evergreen leaves and scarlet berries [syn: {partridgeberry},
             {twinberry}, {Mitchella repens}]
       2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: {wintergreen},
           {checkerberry}, {teaberry}, {spiceberry}]