Noun: spiceberry 'spIs,be-ree
- Shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India
"spiceberry's bright red fruits persist through winter";
- coralberry, Ardisia crenata
- Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
"They chewed on spiceberry leaves for their minty flavour";
- wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry
Derived forms: spiceberries
Part of: Ardisia, checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, genus Ardisia, groundberry, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen
Encyclopedia: Spiceberry