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groundberry

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: groundberry

1
 n
small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
2
 n
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
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: groundberry
1

n small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia

Synonyms:
Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, native cranberry
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2

n 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, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen
Type of:
shrublet
dwarf shrub
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