maidenhair berry n 1: slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds [syn: {creeping snowberry}, {moxie plum}, {maidenhair berry}, {Gaultheria hispidula}]
maidenhair berry \maidenhair berry\ n. A slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet ({Gaultheria hispidula}) of Northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough-hairy seeds. Syn: creeping snowberry, moxie plum, {Gaultheria hispidula}. [WordNet 1.5]