boxberry

American  

[boks-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈbɒksˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

plural

boxberries

1. the checkerberry.

2. the partridgeberry.

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boxberry British  

/ ˈbɒksbərɪ /

noun

1. the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen

2. another name for partridgeberry wintergreen

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Etymology

Origin of boxberry

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

Example Sentences

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

Have no objection, either, to his bringing Elinor boxberry plums.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various

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

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

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various

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

From The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3 by Various