'groundberry' definitions:
Definition of 'groundberry'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia [syn: native cranberry, groundberry, ground-berry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, 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 [syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens]
Definition of 'groundberry'
From: GCIDE
- 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]