creeping wintergreen

Definitions of creeping wintergreen
  1. 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, ground-berry, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen
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    type of:
    shrublet
    dwarf shrub
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