"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). Categories (lifeform): Berries, Heather family plants, Myrtle family plants 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 Disambiguation of Berries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Heather family plants: 60 40 Disambiguation of Myrtle family plants: 60 40 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'shrub Gaultheria procumbens and its berry': 75 25
  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).
    Sense id: en-teaberry-en-noun-3HoZix7N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boxberry, checkerberry, partridgeberry, tea berry

Inflected forms

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