checkerberry
noun
the red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
checkerberries
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pluralof checkerberry.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At each plate Herbert had placed a bunch of checkerberries, and a small bouquet of small but exceedingly fragrant flowers adorned the centre of the bark table.
From How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories by W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) Murray
Lizzy walked away, and began hunting checkerberries with an unusual ardor.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
The checkerberries and beechnuts were just ripe, and 142 very good.
From A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards
Many a child brought hither its spring offering of the first mitchella, or its autumn gift of checkerberries.
From Flamsted quarries by G. Patrick Nelson
These provide manna for all who will gather it, from late June till early September, when the checkerberries ripen, to hang on all winter.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard
