英:['tʃekəˌberɪ]
美:['tʃekəˌberɪ]
英:['tʃekəˌberɪ]
美:['tʃekəˌberɪ]
check·er·ber·ry
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checkerberries
checker wild service tree + berry
The first known use of checkerberry was in 1776
checkout1 of 2noun
the action or an instance of checking out
the time at which a lodger must leave a room (as in a hotel)
a counter at which checking out is done
check out2 of 2verb
to pay for one's room and leave (as from a hotel)
to satisfy requirements for taking away
check a book out at the library
to add up the cost of purchases and receive payment for them
to have the cost of purchases added up and pay for them
checkmate1 of 2verb
to block completely : thwart
to check a chess opponent's king so that escape is impossible
checkmate2 of 2noun
the act of checkmating
the situation of a checkmated king
a complete check
checklistnoun
a list of items to be referred to
checkersnoun
a game played on a checkerboard by two persons each having 12 pieces
checkeredadjective
marked by changes of fortuneespecially: marked by many problems a checkered past
a checkered career
checkerboardnoun
a board used in games and marked with 64 squares in two colors
checkerberrynoun
wintergreen sense 1aalso: the spicy red fruit of a checkerberry
1 "They will not think of such a thing," returned the peddler, picking the checkerberries that grew on the thin soil where he sat, and very deliberately chewing them, leaves and all, to refresh his mouth.
2 Jill's was white, with tiny scarlet leaves all over it, trimmed with red braid and buttons so like checkerberries she was tempted to eat them.
3 I shall take the liberty of giving you a bottle of my checkerberry cordial.
4 Ground pine and "checkerberry" grew abundantly in the grove.
5 I knew the spot upon the hill Where checkerberries could be found, I knew the rushes near the mill Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound!
6 “I will go over on the hill and get her some young checkerberry leaves,” resolved Anna, remembering how Rebby liked their sharp flavor.
7 Here were, indeed, great riches, "a little of everything" that pasture life affords: a hardy bed of checkerberry, crimson strawberries nodding on long stalks, and in one sequestered corner the beloved Linnæa.
8 Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.
9 Here were, indeed, great riches, "a little of everything" that pasture life affords: a hardy bed of checkerberry, crimson strawberries nodding on long stalks, and in one sequestered corner the beloved Linnaea.
10 Her breath carried the keen scent of crushed checkerberry plums.
11 Then, suddenly, she remembered that Rebecca was at home ill, and that she had entirely forgotten her, and the young checkerberry leaves she had intended picking for her sister.
12 Often whole stretches of the slope are carpeted with mayflowers and checkerberries, and as you climb higher, and meet the wind from the other side of the ridge, your foot crunches on gray reindeer-moss.
13 There were clam shells piled up with red checkerberries, and caddis worms on the half shell, with spicebush nubbins.
14 We taste still the sting of checkerberry and woodsy flavor of the fragrant birch.
15 Almost every one knows the little cherry-red wintergreen berry or checkerberry, and almost every one likes its sweet aromatic flavor but few would care to make a meal of it.
16 A little pine grew in front, a juniper made its roof and spread its fine branches over the door, squaw vines and checkerberry leaves grew on either side.
17 Asking for a new kind of tea, he made us some pretty good of the checkerberry, which covered the ground, dropping a little bunch of it tied up with cedar bark into the kettle.
18 Its industries are varied: they make large washing-machines and mangles for hotels and public institutions, weave woolen cloths and flannels, make sarsaparilla syrup, checkerberry oil, and knit woolen socks.
19 If he saw anywhere a particularly red checkerberry, he went that way; otherwise it was all one to him where he went.
20 Then this,” and he pointed at the maskalonge, “broiled on a pointed stick, with a handful of checkerberries for dessert, and I think you and I will be about ready to begin work in earnest!”