boxberry
Americannoun
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the checkerberry.
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the partridgeberry.
noun
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the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen
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another name for partridgeberry wintergreen
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Origin of boxberry
Example Sentences
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We had boxberry bread, boxberry stews and pies, and one day, I caught a glimpse of Grandma, in her part of the Ark, frying boxberry griddle-cakes.
From Cape Cod Folks by Greene, Sarah P. McLean
Some people call it the boxberry; and some call it wintergreen.
From The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3 by Various
Have no objection, either, to his bringing Elinor boxberry plums.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various
Out of the tufts of boxberry leaves and plums they made the word "Welcome," which they hung over the door.
From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Butterworth, Hezekiah
Daily I met happy groups of Wallencampers, with baskets and pails in their hands, going "boxberry plummin.'"
From Cape Cod Folks by Greene, Sarah P. McLean
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