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boxberry
DEFINITIONS OF:
boxberry
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n
creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
Synonyms:
Mitchella repens
,
partridgeberry
,
twinberry
Type of:
vine
a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
n
spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
Synonyms:
checkerberry
,
spiceberry
,
teaberry
,
wintergreen
Type of:
berry
any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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