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teaberry

DEFINITIONS OF: teaberry

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n 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

n spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

Synonyms:
boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, 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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