boxberry

[boks-ber-ee, -buh-ree]

noun

plural

boxberries 

1. the checkerberry.

2. the partridgeberry.

boxberry

/ ˈbɒksbərɪ /

noun

1. the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen

2. another name for partridgeberry wintergreen

Word History and Origins

Origin of boxberry¹

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; box ³ + berry

Example Sentences

Yankee children will understand at once that I mean the checkerberries, or, as we were more accustomed to call them, the boxberries.

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Out of the tufts of boxberry leaves and plums they made the word "Welcome," which they hung over the door.

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"O, I put in spruce, or boxberry, or sarsaparilla."

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I never read yet of any maiden losing her heart on boxberry plums; though, to be sure, he might bewitch them.

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Some people call it the boxberry; and some call it wintergreen.

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