boxberry

Other forms: boxberries

Definitions of boxberry

1. noun

   creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
   synonyms: Mitchella repens, partridgeberry, twinberry

   type of:

   vine

   a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
2. noun

   spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
   synonyms: checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen

   type of:

   berry

   any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves