groundberry meaning and definition

GROUNDBERRY noun

Definition of groundberry (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, ground-berry, 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, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen