Checkerberries

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

  Checkerberry \Check"er*ber`ry\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r*b[e^]r`r[y^]), n.;
     pl. {Checkerberries}. (Bot.)
     A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen
     ({Gaultheria procumbens}). Also incorrectly applied to the
     partridge berry ({Mitchella repens}).
     [1913 Webster]