Noun: Gaultheria procumbens
- 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
- teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen
Type of: shrublet
Part of: Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria
Encyclopedia: Gaultheria procumbens