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

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

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

Upon that the boys went to work picking boxberry leaves, which grew at the roots of the pine trees, among the soft moss and last year's cones.

From Captain Horace by May, Sophie

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

From Captain Horace by May, Sophie