boxberry | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries | |
Synonyms: | twinberry Mitchella_repens partridgeberry | |
Related terms: | vine Mitchella | |
2. | [ noun ] (chemistry,botany,food) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil | |
Synonyms: | checkerberry teaberry spiceberry wintergreen | |
Related terms: | berry teaberry | |
Similar spelling: |
bock_beer |