資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Squaw vine \Squaw vine\ (Bot.)
The partridge berry ({Mitchella repens}).
Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF.
pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. ?.]
(Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the
family {Perdicid[ae]}, of the Old World. The partridge is
noted as a game bird.
Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
species.
2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.]
Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of
the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena
partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]}); and the California
partridge ({Callipepla Californica}).
3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.]
{Bamboo partridge} (Zo["o]l.), a spurred partridge of the
genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China
and the East Indies.
{Night partridge} (Zo["o]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
{Painted partridge} (Zo["o]l.), a francolin of South Africa
({Francolinus pictus}).
{Partridge berry}. (Bot.)
(a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[ae]},
having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
(b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
procumbens}); also, the plant itself.
{Partridge dove} (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under
{Mountain}.
{Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
({Cassia Cham[ae]crista}), common in sandy fields in the
Eastern United States.
{Partridge shell} (Zo["o]l.), a large marine univalve shell
({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of
the partridge.
{Partridge wood}
(a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}.
Called also {pheasant wood}.
(b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
walking sticks and umbrella handles.
{Sea partridge} (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge
({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note.
{Snow partridge} (Zo["o]l.), a large spurred partridge
({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of
Asia.
{Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}.
{Wood partridge}, or {Hill partridge} (Zo["o]l.), any small
Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}.
Checkerberry \Check"er*ber`ry\ (-b[e^]r"r[y^]), n.; pl.
{Checkerberries}. (Bot.)
A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen
({Gaultheria procumbens}). Also incorrectly applied to the
partridge berry ({Mitchella repens}).
資料來源 : WordNet®
Mitchella repens
n : creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny
evergreen leaves and scarlet berries [syn: {partridgeberry},
{boxberry}, {twinberry}]