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)