| NOUN | plant | ground-berry, native cranberry, groundberry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum | small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries |
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| plant | ground-berry, teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens | 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 |
| Meaning | small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia. | |
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| Synonyms | native cranberry, groundberry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum | |
| Member of | Astroloma, genus Astroloma | evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, groundberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens | |
| Member of | Gaultheria, genus Gaultheria | widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubs |
| Parts | wintergreen, boxberry, checkerberry, teaberry, spiceberry | spicy red berrylike fruit |
| Broader | shrublet | dwarf shrub |
| Substances | wintergreen oil, oil of wintergreen | oil or flavoring obtained from the creeping wintergreen or teaberry / teaberry plant |
| Spanish | gaulteria | |
| Catalan | gaultheria procumbens | |
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