groundberry

1. (noun) small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and thin-fleshed succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes place in genus Styphelia
Synonyms: Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, native cranberry
Related Words: bush, shrub

2. (noun) creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
Synonyms: Gaultheria procumbens, checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen
Related Words: shrublet



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