ground-berry meaning and definition

GROUND-BERRY noun

Definition of ground-berry (noun)

1. small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
   • synonyms: Astroloma humifusum, cranberry heath, groundberry, native cranberry, 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
   • synonyms: checkerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, groundberry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen