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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