boxberry

2 definitions found

boxberry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Boxberry \Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

boxberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  boxberry
      n 1: creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny
           evergreen leaves and scarlet berries [syn:
           partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repens
           ]
      2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn:
         wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry,
         spiceberry]