checkerberry

[ chek-er-ber-ee ]

/ ˈtʃɛk ərˌbɛr i /

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noun, plural check·er·ber·ries.

the red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.

the plant itself.

any of several other plants bearing similar fruit, or the fruit itself.

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Origin of checkerberry

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; perhaps so named from its appearance

Words nearby checkerberry

check digit, checked, checked swing, checkedy, checker, checkerberry, checkerbloom, checkerboard, checkered, checkered career, checkered flag

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How to use checkerberry in a sentence

There's a powerful lot of them in the woods, like sassafras root and checkerberry and things like that.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers|Claude A. Labelle
Both boys breathed deep of the piney fragrance and filled their mouths with pungent "checkerberry" leaves.
Still Jim|Honor Willsie Morrow
He was very hungry but found a spring of 50 sweet water and some checkerberry leaves, and, thus refreshed, continued his flight.
Rodney, the Ranger|John V. Lane
We taste still the sting of checkerberry and woodsy flavor of the fragrant birch.
Meadow Grass|Alice Brown

If he saw anywhere a particularly red checkerberry, he went that way; otherwise it was all one to him where he went.
Nine Little Goslings|Susan Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for checkerberry

checkerberry

/ (ˈtʃɛkəbərɪ, -brɪ) /

noun plural -ries

the fruit of any of various plants, esp the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

any plant bearing this fruit

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