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单词 tea-berry
释义

tea-berryn.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtea-ˌberry.
The American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens: see quot.; also called Canada tea or mountain tea. Also, the fruit of this.
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wintergreen1778
mountain tea1785
spice-berry1792
partridgeberry1814
tea-berry1818
ivory plum1828
twinberry1836
ivy-berry1840
partridge bush1843
Gaultheria1848
checker-berry1852
partridge-vine1860
snowberry1866
one-berry1873
1818 W. P. C. Barton Compendium Floræ Philadelphicæ I. 194 Gaultheria..procumbens... Mountain Tea. Tea-berry. Partridge-berry. Wintergreen.
1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingdom cxv. 482 The leaves [of Gaultheria procumbens]..when..dried..make an excellent substitute for tea,..and the plant is on that account called Tea-berry and Mountain Tea.
1884 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 239/1 Here [i.e. in Houston, Texas]..the tea-berry tree, and huge orange trees..made me forget for a moment that I was expecting something very different.
1895 Outing 27 18/1 Tiny white capillaire tea-berries, with a flavor like some rare perfume.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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