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Meanings of boxberry in English

Spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil.

Creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries.

Synonyms
Examples for "partridgeberry"
Examples for "partridgeberry"
1
The partridgeberry likes pine forests and dry woods.
On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls
2
Another ground berry is the partridgeberry.
On the Trail: An Outdoor Book for Girls
3
The midwife made charm after charm for the ewes and the goats, the apothecary made infusions of partridgeberry and milk thistle.
The city in the lake
1
Mitchella repens, pollen-grains of the long-styled a little smaller.
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
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Mitchella repens: 20: 47.
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
Usage of boxberry in English
1
Some people call it the boxberry; and some call it wintergreen.
The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3
2
Have no objection, either, to his bringing Elinor boxberry plums.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 / A Maga...
3
I never read yet of any maiden losing her heart on boxberry plums; though, to be sure, he might bewitch them.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 / A Maga...
4
Boxberry, fever-bush, sweet fern, and horseradish make a good and healthy diet-drink.
The American Frugal Housewife
5
'O, he don't bring me nigh boxberries enough,' says Elinor, laughing.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 / A Maga...
Boxberry through the time