boxberry [boks-ber-ee, -buh-ree] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural box·ber·ries.
- the checkerberry.
- the partridgeberry.
Origin of boxberry An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; box3 + berry Examples from the Web for boxberry Historical Examples of boxberry
Have no objection, either, to his bringing Elinor boxberry plums.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866
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Out of the tufts of boxberry leaves and plums they made the word “Welcome,” which they hung over the door.
Hezekiah Butterworth
Boxberry, fever-bush, sweet fern, and horseradish make a good and healthy diet-drink.
Lydia M. Child
I never read yet of any maiden losing her heart on boxberry plums; though, to be sure, he might bewitch them.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866
Various
Daily I met happy groups of Wallencampers, with baskets and pails in their hands, going “boxberry plummin.'”
Sarah P. McLean Greene
British Dictionary definitions for boxberry boxberry noun plural -ries
- the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen
- another name for partridgeberry, wintergreen (def. 1)