1. (noun) native cranberry, groundberry, ground-berry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum
small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
Synonyms: mountain tea, checkerberry, groundberry, creeping wintergreen, teaberry, cranberry heath, ground-berry, native cranberry, wintergreen
2. (noun) teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens
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: mountain tea, pyrola, checkerberry, groundberry, creeping wintergreen, teaberry, ground-berry, boxberry, cranberry heath, native cranberry, wintergreen, spiceberry
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