ground-berry

Definitions of ground-berry

1. noun

   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, groundberry, native cranberry

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen

   type of:

   shrublet

   dwarf shrub