Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Checkerberry

Check′er-berˊry

(chĕk′ẽr-bĕrˊry̆)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Checkerberries

(#)

.

(Bot.)

A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (

Gaultheria procumbens

). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (

Mitchella repens

).