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noun

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.

Synonyms: native cranberry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum.

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.

Synonyms: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens.

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Words linked to "Groundberry" : bush, mountain tea, native cranberry, wintergreen oil, teaberry, ground-berry, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, oil of wintergreen, checkerberry, shrublet, boxberry, genus Astroloma, Gaultheria, Gaultheria procumbens, Astroloma, wintergreen