HyperDic: gaultheria_procumbens

English > 1 sense of the expression Gaultheria procumbens:
NOUNplantGaultheria procumbens, teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreencreeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
English > Gaultheria procumbens: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningCreeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil.
Synonymsteaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen
Member ofGaultheria, genus Gaultheriawidely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs
Partswintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberryspicy red berrylike fruit
Broadershrubletdwarf shrub
Substanceswintergreen oil, oil of wintergreenoil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry / teaberry plant
Spanishgaulteria
Catalangaultheria procumbens

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