groundberry

noun

1. 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

   Synonym:    teaberrywintergreencheckerberrymountain teaground-berrycreeping wintergreenGaultheria procumbens

2. small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries

   Synonym:    native cranberryground-berrycranberry heathAstroloma humifusumStyphelia humifusum