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English noun: groundberry

1. groundberry (plant) small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia


SynonymsAstroloma humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, native cranberry, Styphelia humifusum


Broader (hypernym)bush, shrub


Member meronymAstroloma, genus Astroloma

2. groundberry (plant) 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


Synonymscheckerberry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens, ground-berry, mountain tea, teaberry, wintergreen


Broader (hypernym)shrublet


Part holonymboxberry, checkerberry, spiceberry, teaberry, wintergreen


Member meronymGaultheria, genus Gaultheria


Substance holonymoil of wintergreen, wintergreen oil









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