Noun: groundberry- Small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
- native cranberry, ground-berry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum - 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, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
Derived forms: ground-berries, groundberries Type of: bush, shrub, shrublet Part of: Astroloma, Gaultheria, genus Astroloma, genus Gaultheria Encyclopedia: Groundberry |