BOXBERRY

wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry

(noun) spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

partridgeberry, boxberry, twinberry, Mitchella repens

(noun) creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

boxberry (plural boxberries)

The teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens.

Source: Wiktionary


Box"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)

Definition: The wintergreern. (Gaultheria procumbens). [Local, U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PROGRESSIVISM

(noun) the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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