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checkerberry
[ chek-er-ber-ee ]
noun
plural checkerberries.
- the red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.
- the plant itself.
- any of several other plants bearing similar fruit, or the fruit itself.
checkerberry
/ -brɪ; ˈtʃɛkəbərɪ /
noun
- the fruit of any of various plants, esp the wintergreen ( Gaultheria procumbens )
- any plant bearing this fruit
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of checkerberry1
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; perhaps so named from its appearance
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Example Sentences
Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.
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It was too dark now to look for checkerberries and violet buds.
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Let her learn the difference between huckleberries and blackberries, learn where checkerberries grow thickest and dig up sweet flag root with her own hands as country children do.
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Yankee children will understand at once that I mean the checkerberries, or, as we were more accustomed to call them, the boxberries.
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The checkerberries and beechnuts were just ripe, and 142 very good.
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