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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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Words nearby teaberry
Tea Act, tea bag, teabagger, tea ball, tea basket, teaberry, tea biscuit, teabread, tea break, TEAC, tea caddy
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How to use teaberry in a sentence
Molly, feeling a touch of rheumatism, was somewhere in the lower thicket seeking a teaberry tonic.
Wild Animals I Have Known|Ernest Thompson Seton
British Dictionary definitions for teaberry
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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