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Definition of checkerberry in English: checkerberrynounPlural checkerberriesˈtʃɛkəbɛriˈCHekərˌberē 1A creeping evergreen North American shrub of the heather family, with spiny scented leaves and waxy white flowers. 伏卧白珠树。亦称WINTERGREEN Gaultheria procumbens, family Ericaceae Also called wintergreen Example sentencesExamples - When this constant lover returned he brought an offering of late May-flowers and bright checkerberries held clumsily in his big hand, and gave them to the only woman he had ever loved.
- The leaves and flowers of Eastern teaberry (also known as checkerberry, boxberry, partridge berry, wintergreen berry, teaberry and mountain tea) have a mildly perfume scented aroma.
- Further north you have service berries or juneberries in the wet woodlands; bearberries on the moors and heaths, checkerberries or wintergreen in the woods and moors, and cranberries in the boggy heaths, which has berries that remain on the plant throughout winter.
- 1.1 The edible red fruit of the checkerberry plant.
伏卧白珠树果 Example sentencesExamples - These little people, quite recovered from their fatigue, had set about gathering checkerberries, and now came clambering to meet their play-fellows.
- Because checkerberry was once popular for making a tea, another name for it is eastern teaberry.
- Here we gathered all the berries before named, and besides them checkerberries, dangleberries, and grapes.
- She and her younger sister Annie were allowed one April day, by their mother, to go into the woods just before school hours, to gather checkerberries.
OriginLate 18th century: from checkers or chequers 'berries of the service tree' (so named from their colour) + berry. Definition of checkerberry in US English: checkerberrynounˈCHekərˌberē 1A creeping evergreen North American shrub of the heath family, with spiny scented leaves and waxy white flowers. 伏卧白珠树。亦称WINTERGREEN Gaultheria procumbens, family Ericaceae Also called wintergreen Example sentencesExamples - Further north you have service berries or juneberries in the wet woodlands; bearberries on the moors and heaths, checkerberries or wintergreen in the woods and moors, and cranberries in the boggy heaths, which has berries that remain on the plant throughout winter.
- When this constant lover returned he brought an offering of late May-flowers and bright checkerberries held clumsily in his big hand, and gave them to the only woman he had ever loved.
- The leaves and flowers of Eastern teaberry (also known as checkerberry, boxberry, partridge berry, wintergreen berry, teaberry and mountain tea) have a mildly perfume scented aroma.
- 1.1 The edible red fruit of the checkerberry plant.
伏卧白珠树果 Example sentencesExamples - These little people, quite recovered from their fatigue, had set about gathering checkerberries, and now came clambering to meet their play-fellows.
- Because checkerberry was once popular for making a tea, another name for it is eastern teaberry.
- Here we gathered all the berries before named, and besides them checkerberries, dangleberries, and grapes.
- She and her younger sister Annie were allowed one April day, by their mother, to go into the woods just before school hours, to gather checkerberries.
OriginLate 18th century: from checkers or chequers ‘berries of the service tree’ (so named from their colour) + berry. |