What is the meaning of ground-berry?

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

|15 years ago|315 views|share |citing

APA	WordNet. (2010). ground-berry. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/ground-berry/definitions/1283283
Chicago	WordNet. 2010. "ground-berry" http://smartdefine.org/ground-berry/definitions/1283283 (accessed September 20, 2026).
Harvard	WordNet 2010, ground-berry, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/ground-berry/definitions/1283283>.
MLA	WordNet. "ground-berry" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/ground-berry/definitions/1283283>

Definition by