checkerberry
Americannoun
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checkerberries
plural
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the red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
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the plant itself.
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any of several other plants bearing similar fruit, or the fruit itself.
noun
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the fruit of any of various plants, esp the wintergreen ( Gaultheria procumbens )
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any plant bearing this fruit
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of checkerberry
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; perhaps so named from its appearance
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Both boys breathed deep of the piney fragrance and filled their mouths with pungent "checkerberry" leaves.
From Still Jim by Honoré Morrow
A little pine grew in front, a juniper made its roof and spread its fine branches over the door, squaw vines and checkerberry leaves grew on either side.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 by Various
"Best checkerberry in the State of Maine; cent apiece!" and he held out two sticks.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
I shall take the liberty of giving you a bottle of my checkerberry cordial.
From Geoffrey Strong by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
"Run on ahead, girlies," said Aileen to the twins who were with her for their annual checkerberry picnic, "I'll be down in a few minutes."
From Flamsted quarries by G. Patrick Nelson
The checkerberries and beechnuts were just ripe, and 142 very good.
From A Northern Countryside by Rosalind Richards
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
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
She and her younger sister Annie were allowed one April day, by their mother, to go into the woods just before school hours, to gather checkerberries.
From Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton
It was too dark now to look for checkerberries and violet buds.
From Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story by Caroline Snowden Guild
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