groundberry

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

groundberry
    n 1: small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers
         and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes
         placed in genus Styphelia [syn: {native cranberry},
         {groundberry}, {ground-berry}, {cranberry heath},
         {Astroloma humifusum}, {Styphelia humifusum}]
    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 [syn:
       {teaberry}, {wintergreen}, {checkerberry}, {mountain tea},
       {groundberry}, {ground-berry}, {creeping wintergreen},
       {Gaultheria procumbens}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

   Syn: native cranberry, cranberry heath, {Astroloma
        humifusum}, {Styphelia humifusum}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. 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.

   Syn: teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea,
        creeping wintergreen, {Gaultheria procumbens}.
        [WordNet 1.5]