n. A compact flowering plant, Ardisia crenata, native to East Asia.
n. Its fruit, a glossy, bright red drupe.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The checkerberry or wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
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n. spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
n. shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India
Word Usage
"In the fall, it is red with the bright berries and dark box-shaped leaves of a species of creeping winter-green, that the Indians call spiceberry; the leaves are highly aromatic, and it is medicinal as well as agreeable to the taste and smell."