teaberry

American  

[tee-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈtiˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

teaberries plural

1. the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.

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teaberry British  

/ -brɪ, ˈtiːbərɪ /

noun

1. the berry of the wintergreen ( Gaultheria procumbens )

2. another name for wintergreen

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• teaberries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of teaberry

First recorded in 1790–1800; tea + berry

Example Sentences

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teaberry teaberries

I walked into Jestine’s Kitchen in Charleston, and a waitress said, “Is there just one of you, sweetheart?” and her voice was like jasmine and teaberry.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2017

I found there were still plants under the snow, and I would dig down and get teaberry leaves and win- tergreen.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

I scooped under the snow for teaberry plants to boil down and pour over snowballs for dessert.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

I stayed in the rough, walking parallel to the road for a bit, in hopes of finding a teaberry to chew on.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

Upon my word!" exclaimed the old lady, "she has got on Judith Pacewalk's teaberry gown.

From The Girl at Cobhurst by Stockton, Frank Richard

About four-thirty Christmas Eve I hung a small red cluster of teaberries on the deerskin door.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

In those days—I don't know how it is now—Pascalville was the greatest place for teaberries.

From The Girl at Cobhurst by Stockton, Frank Richard

So we talked the matter over, and came to the conclusion that the best way to do was to try to gather teaberries enough to pay for the material for a chintz gown.

From The Girl at Cobhurst by Stockton, Frank Richard

So Judith and I and a girl named Dorcas Stone, who was a friend of ours, went to work gathering teaberries in the woods.

From The Girl at Cobhurst by Stockton, Frank Richard

The children gathered the summer berries in season, and the autumn's plentiful and spicy store of boxberries, checkerberries, teaberries or gingerbread berries with October's brown nuts.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse