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Definition of Teaberries
1. teaberry [n] - See also: teaberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teaberries
Literary usage of Teaberries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1889)
"... a rascal. buk», box — ornamental garden shrub. buks'-W-ra, teaberries ; fruit
of winter green. bumb'-ba, to pump. bum'er-anl», tomato. ..."
2. The Life of Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.0. by Beckles Willson (1915)
"Then we have an abundance of berries and of many varieties — horts or whortleberries,
bilberries, cranberries, raspberries, bake-apples and teaberries. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1872)
"... he inquired of the patient, particularly, whether the urine had any unusual
odor, and he immediately said it had the odor of teaberries. ..."
4. History of the County of Lunenburg by Mather Byles DesBrisay (1895)
"ORDER, ERICACEAE.—Red and grey cranberries (Oxycoccus). Blueberries and
whortleberries (Vaccinium). Wintergreens or teaberries (Gaultheria). ..."
5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"... and teaberries without having the slightest inkling that it was our old friend
wintergreen often called "mountain tea" in the mountains of Kentucky. ..."
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