checkerberries

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checkerberries - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Checkerberry \Check"er*ber`ry\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r*b[e^]r`r[y^]), n.;
     pl. Checkerberries. (Bot.)
     A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen
     (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the
     partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
     [1913 Webster]