Boxberry
the checkerberry.
the partridgeberry.
Historical Examples
The American Frugal Housewife Lydia M. Child
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
In The Boyhood of Lincoln Hezekiah Butterworth
Cape Cod Folks Sarah P. McLean Greene
noun (pl) -ries
the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen
another name for partridgeberry, wintergreen (sense 1)
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