groundberry

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun ; pl. ground-berries (-iz). The wintergreen or checkerberry, Gaultheria procumbens.
• noun In Australia, either of two species of dwarf shrubs of the family Epacridaceæ, Staphelia humifusa and S. pinifolia. Both bear small fruits with a viscid, sweetish, edible pulp.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A small prostrate or ascending shrub (Astroloma humifusum) having scarlet flowers and thin-fleshed succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus Styphelia.
• noun 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.

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• noun 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
• noun small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
• noun small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
• noun 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