the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A small creeping plant, the Mitchella repens, growing in North America.
n. The American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
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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
Word Usage
"Ground pine and "checkerberry" grew abundantly in the grove."