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