teaberry
[ tee-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]
/ ˈtiˌbɛr i, -bə ri /
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noun, plural tea·ber·ries.
the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
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Molly, feeling a touch of rheumatism, was somewhere in the lower thicket seeking a tea-berry tonic.
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teaberry
/ (ˈtiːbərɪ, -brɪ) /
noun plural -ries
the berry of the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
another name for wintergreen (def. 1)
Word Origin for teaberry
C19: so called because its dried leaves have been used as a substitute for tea
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tea-berry
American wintergreen, 1818, from tea + berry, so called because the dried berries were used as a substitute for tea.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper