Noun: checkerberry 'che-ku(r),be-ree [N. Amer], che-ku-bu-ree or 'che-ku(r),be-ree [Brit]
- 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
"Children enjoyed the minty taste of wild checkerberries";
- teaberry, wintergreen, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
- Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
"They chewed on checkerberry leaves for their minty flavour";
- wintergreen, boxberry, teaberry, spiceberry
Derived forms: checkerberries
Part of: Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria
Encyclopedia: Checkerberry