boxberry

[ boks-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈbɒksˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

the checkerberry.

the partridgeberry.

Origin of boxberry

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; box³ + berry

Boxberry, fever-bush, sweet fern, and horseradish make a good and healthy diet-drink.

The American Frugal Housewife |Lydia M. Child
Daily I met happy groups of Wallencampers, with baskets and pails in their hands, going "boxberry plummin.'"

Cape Cod Folks |Sarah P. McLean Greene
Have no objection, either, to his bringing Elinor boxberry plums.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 |Various
Out of the tufts of boxberry leaves and plums they made the word "Welcome," which they hung over the door.

In The Boyhood of Lincoln |Hezekiah Butterworth

I never read yet of any maiden losing her heart on boxberry plums; though, to be sure, he might bewitch them.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 |Various

boxberry

/ (ˈbɒksbərɪ) /

the fruit of the partridgeberry or wintergreen