teaberry

tea·ber·ry  (tbr)

n.

1. See wintergreen.

2. See withe rod.

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[From the use of its leaves as a tea substitute.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	teaberry - creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil oil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil - oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plant Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs shrublet - dwarf shrub
	2.	teaberry - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil boxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, wintergreen berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, ground-berry, groundberry - creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil