Box·ber·ry n. Bot. The wintergreen. (Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.]
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boxberry
n 1: creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny
evergreen leaves and scarlet berries [syn: partridgeberry,
twinberry, Mitchella repens]
2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [syn: wintergreen,
checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry]