"teaberry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: teaberries [plural]
Etymology: From tea + berry. Etymology templates: {{af|en|tea|berry}} tea + berry Head templates: {{en-noun}} teaberry (plural teaberries)
  1. A berry which is the fruit of a small shrub native to northeastern North America, Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry). Translations (shrub Gaultheria procumbens and its berry): lamosalali (Finnish), golteria rozesłana [feminine] (Polish), gaulteria [feminine] (Spanish), axocopaque [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-teaberry-en-noun-7RIYj~Po Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'shrub Gaultheria procumbens and its berry': 58 42
  2. A pinkish-white edible berry which grows in the Falkland Islands, where the fruits are harvested annually by Islanders to make cakes, confectionary and pavlovas. On the South American mainland the leaves are brewed for tea (Myrteola nummularia). Categories (lifeform): Berries, Heather family plants, Myrtle family plants
    Sense id: en-teaberry-en-noun-3HoZix7N Disambiguation of Berries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Heather family plants: 39 61 Disambiguation of Myrtle family plants: 37 63 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry, tea berry

Inflected forms

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