checkerberry meaning and definition

CHECKERBERRY noun

Definition of checkerberry (noun)

1. 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
   • synonyms: creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, groundberry, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen
2. spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
   • synonyms: boxberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen