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Definition: Gaultheria procumbens
Gaultheria procumbens
n : 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
[syn:
teaberry,
wintergreen,
checkerberry,
mountain tea
,
groundberry,
ground-berry,
creeping wintergreen
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gaultheria procumbens
Gaultheria
\Gaul*the"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and,
often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green
(
Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited
salal of
Northwestern America (
Gaultheria Shallon).
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groundberry
\groundberry\ n.
A small prostrate or ascending shrub (
Astroloma humifusum)
having scarlet flowers and thin-fleshed succulent fruit
resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus
Styphelia.
Syn: native cranberry, cranberry heath,
Astroloma humifusum
,
Styphelia humifusum.
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2. A creeping shrub of eastern North America (
Gaultheria procumbens
) having white bell-shaped flowers followed by
spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that
yield wintergreen oil.
Syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea,
creeping wintergreen,
Gaultheria procumbens.
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groundberry
\groundberry\ n.
A small prostrate or ascending shrub (
Astroloma humifusum)
having scarlet flowers and thin-fleshed succulent fruit
resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus
Styphelia.
Syn: native cranberry, cranberry heath,
Astroloma humifusum
,
Styphelia humifusum.
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2. A creeping shrub of eastern North America (
Gaultheria procumbens
) having white bell-shaped flowers followed by
spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that
yield wintergreen oil.
Syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea,
creeping wintergreen,
Gaultheria procumbens.
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Partridge
\Par"tridge\ (p[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [OE. partriche,
pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix,
-icis, fr. Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
the genus
Perdix and several related genera of the
family
Perdicid[ae], of the Old World. The partridge is
noted as a game bird.
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Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
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Note: The common European, or gray, partridge (
Perdix cinerea
) and the red-legged partridge (
Caccabis rubra
) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
species.
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2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
to
Colinus, and allied genera. [U.S.]
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Note: Among them are the bobwhite (
Colinus Virginianus) of
the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
(
Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena
partridge (
Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]); and the California
partridge (
Callipepla Californica).
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3. The ruffed grouse (
Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.]
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Bamboo partridge (Zo["o]l.), a spurred partridge of the
genus
Bambusicola. Several species are found in China
and the East Indies.
Night partridge (Zo["o]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
Painted partridge (Zo["o]l.), a francolin of South Africa
(
Francolinus pictus).
Partridge berry. (Bot.)
(a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
(
Mitchella repens) of the order
Rubiace[ae],
having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen (
Gaultheria procumbens
); also, the plant itself.
Partridge dove (Zo["o]l.) Same as
Mountain witch, under
Mountain.
Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
(
Cassia Cham[ae]crista), common in sandy fields in the
Eastern United States.
Partridge shell (Zo["o]l.), a large marine univalve shell
(
Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of
the partridge.
Partridge wood
(a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
it is said to be the leguminous tree
Andira inermis.
Called also
pheasant wood.
(b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
Sea partridge (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge
(
Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note.
Snow partridge (Zo["o]l.), a large spurred partridge
(
Lerwa nivicola) which inhabits the high mountains of
Asia; called also
jermoonal.
Spruce partridge. See under
Spruce.
Wood partridge, or
Hill partridge (Zo["o]l.), any small
Asiatic partridge of the genus
Arboricola.
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Wintergreen
\Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.)
A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
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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.
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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.
Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant (
Chimaphila maculata
) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.
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Boxberry
\Box"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
The wintergreen. (
Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.]
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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).
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