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tea-berry

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tea⋅ber⋅ry

[tee-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
–noun, plural -ries.
the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.

Origin:
1790–1800; tea + berry
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tea-berry 
American wintergreen, 1818, from tea + berry, so called because the dried berries were used as a substitute for tea.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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