The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. A creeping evergreen perennial plant (Mitchella repens) of eastern North America, having small white flowers and scarlet berries. Also called twinberry.
n. A common name used of various plants including: squaw wine (Mitchella repens), teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens), and lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).
n. The berry of such a plant.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
Word Usage
"The combination of white outer and red base makes me think of a partridgeberry flower/fruit mash-up."