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 |
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| Synonyms | creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shrublet |
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| Part holonym | boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen |
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| Member meronym | Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria |
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| Substance holonym | oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil |
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2. | checkerberry (food) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil |
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| Synonyms | boxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen |
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| Broader (hypernym) | berry |
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| Part meronym | checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen |
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