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teaberry

teaberry noun: a berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry).

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, partridgeberry).
  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).

Forms of teaberry

pluralteaberries
alternative formtea berry

Origin of teaberry

From tea + berry.

Questions about teaberry

What does teaberry mean?
Teaberry means a berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry).
What part of speech is teaberry?
Teaberry is a noun.
What is the plural of teaberry?
The plural of teaberry is teaberries.

Words near teaberry in the dictionary

  1. teaball
  2. teaballs
  3. teabell
  4. teabells
  5. teaberries
  6. teaberry
  7. teaboard
  8. teaboards
  9. teaboo
  10. teaboos
  11. teabowl

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