groundberryEnglish

ground-berry, groundberry, Astroloma humifusum, Gaultheria procumbens, Styphelia humifusum

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

English: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens

Small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries, sometimes placed in genus Styphelia

English: native cranberry, groundberry, ground-berry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum

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