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English noun: checkerberry

1. checkerberry (plant) 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


Synonymscreeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen


Broader (hypernym)shrublet


Part holonymboxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen


Member meronymGaultheria, genus Gaultheria


Substance holonymoil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil

2. checkerberry (food) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil


Synonymsboxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen


Broader (hypernym)berry


Part meronymcheckerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen









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