teaberry

tea·ber·ry

T0070000 (tē′bĕr′ē)n. See wintergreen.

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

teaberry

(ˈtiːbərɪ; -brɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) the berry of the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)2. (Plants) another name for wintergreen¹[C19: so called because its dried leaves have been used as a substitute for tea]

tea•ber•ry

(ˈtiˌbɛr i, -bə ri)

n., pl. -ries. the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens. [1790–1800]

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 oilcheckerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, wintergreen, groundberry, ground-berryboxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oiloil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil - oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry plantGaultheria, genus Gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubsshrublet - dwarf shrub
	2.	teaberry - spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oilboxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, wintergreenberry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preservescheckerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen, groundberry, ground-berry - 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