teaberry

English

teaberries (Gaultheria procumbens)

Alternative forms

• tea berry

Etymology

From tea +‎ berry.

Noun

teaberry (plural teaberries)

1. A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry).
2. A pinkish-white edible berry which grows in the Falkland Islands, where the fruits are harvested annually by Islanders to make cakes, confectionary and pavlovas. On the South American mainland the leaves are brewed for tea (Myrteola nummularia).

Synonyms

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• boxberry
• checkerberry
• partridgeberry

Translations

shrub Gaultheria procumbens and its berry

• Finnish: lamosalali
• Polish: golteria rozesłana f
• Spanish: gaulteria f, axocopaque m

References

• Gaultheria procumbens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• betrayer, rebetray