Found 2 items, similar to groundberry.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: groundberry
groundberry
n 1: small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers
and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes
place in genus Styphelia [syn:
native cranberry,
ground-berry,
cranberry heath,
Astroloma humifusum,
Styphelia humifusum
]
2: 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 [syn:
teaberry,
wintergreen,
checkerberry,
mountain tea,
ground-berry,
creeping wintergreen,
Gaultheria procumbens
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: groundberry
groundberry
\groundberry\ n.
A small prostrate or ascending shrub (
Astroloma humifusum)
having scarlet flowers and thin-fleshed succulent fruit
resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus
Styphelia.
Syn: native cranberry, cranberry heath,
Astroloma humifusum
,
Styphelia humifusum.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. A creeping shrub of eastern North America (
Gaultheria procumbens
) having white bell-shaped flowers followed by
spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that
yield wintergreen oil.
Syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea,
creeping wintergreen,
Gaultheria procumbens.
[WordNet 1.5]