groundberry

ground·berry

uncommon

noun

1.

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

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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

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noun
singular	groundberry
plural	groundberries

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