check·er·ber·ry /ˈʧɛkɚ/
鹿蹄草;其果實
Check·er·ber·ry 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).
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checkerberry
n 1: creeping shrub of eastern North America having white
bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike
fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen
oil [syn: teaberry, wintergreen, mountain tea, groundberry,
ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria
procumbens]
2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: wintergreen,
boxberry, teaberry, spiceberry]