Groundberry

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ground-berry
       n 1: small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers
            and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes
            place in genus Styphelia [syn: {native cranberry}, {groundberry},
             {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},
           {groundberry}, {creeping wintergreen}, {Gaultheria
          procumbens}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]