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checkerberry n. 鹿蹄草;其果实 鹿蹄草;其果实 checkerberry n 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 [ synonym: { teaberry}, { wintergreen}, { checkerberry}, { mountain tea}, { groundberry}, { ground- berry}, { creeping wintergreen}, { Gaultheria procumbens}] 2: spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil [ synonym: { wintergreen}, { boxberry}, { checkerberry}, { teaberry}, { spiceberry}] Wintergreen \ Win" ter* green`\, n. ( Bot.) A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the species of { Pyrola} which in America are called { English wintergreen}, and { shin leaf} ( see Shin leaf, under { Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is given to { Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed by red berries; -- called also { checkerberry}, and sometimes, though improperly, { partridge berry}. [ 1913 Webster] { Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb ({ Trientalis Americana}); -- also called { star flower}. { Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({ Polygala paucifolia}) with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen ({ Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose- purple blossoms. { oil of wintergreen}, An aromatic oil, consisting almost entirely of methyl salicylate ({ CH3CO. O. C6H4. OH}), obtained by distillation of an extract of the wintergreen ({ Gaultheria procumbens}); it can also be obtained from some other plants. It is used as a flavoring agent for tooth powders and pastes, sometimes combined with menthol or eucalyptus. It is called also { oil of teaberry}, { oil of partridgeberry}, and { oil of gaultheria}. { Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({ Chimaphila maculata}) with ovate, white- spotted leaves. [ 1913 Webster PJC]
Checkerberry \ Check" er* ber` ry\ ( ch[ e^] k"[~ e] r* b[ e^] r` r[ y^]), n.; pl. { Checkerberries}. ( Bot.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen ({ Gaultheria procumbens}). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry ({ Mitchella repens}). [ 1913 Webster]
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