Meaning & use
Boxberry
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A low evergreen shrub, also known as wintergreen or checkerberry, that produces small red berries and aromatic leaves.
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The forest floor was dotted with boxberry plants, their red berries bright against the moss.
Early settlers brewed a tea from boxberry leaves for their minty flavor.
A note on using this word
The plant's leaves contain methyl salicylate, the same compound that gives wintergreen flavoring its distinctive minty-medicinal taste.
Words with a similar meaning
wintergreencheckerberry
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