(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:27:08

Check"er*ber`ry (?), n.; pl. Checkerberries (#). Bot.

A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

 

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