boxberry

American  

[boks-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈbɒksˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

plural

boxberries

1. the checkerberry.

2. the partridgeberry.

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boxberry British  

/ ˈbɒksbərɪ /

noun

1. the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen

2. another name for partridgeberry wintergreen

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Etymology

Origin of boxberry

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; box ³ + berry

Example Sentences

Out of the tufts of boxberry leaves and plums they made the word "Welcome," which they hung over the door.

From In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk by Butterworth, Hezekiah

I never read yet of any maiden losing her heart on boxberry plums; though, to be sure, he might bewitch them.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various

Some people call it the boxberry; and some call it wintergreen.

From The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3 by Various

"O, I put in spruce, or boxberry, or sarsaparilla."

From Captain Horace by May, Sophie

We had boxberry bread, boxberry stews and pies, and one day, I caught a glimpse of Grandma, in her part of the Ark, frying boxberry griddle-cakes.

From Cape Cod Folks by Greene, Sarah P. McLean