Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun boxberry

2 senses of boxberry

Sense 1
partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repens -- (creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries)
       => vine -- (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Sense 2
wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry -- (spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil)
       => berry -- (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

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