A low-growing plant or its small round red berry that tastes minty, also called wintergreen.
From 'checker' (patterned or spotted) and 'berry.' The name dates to colonial America, possibly from the plant's appearance or spotted leaves.
Native Americans used checkerberries for thousands of years, and the plant became famous in early American natural medicine—it's essentially where the wintergreen candy flavor comes from.
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