Definition of Groundberry

Noun: groundberry

Small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
- native cranberry, ground-berry, cranberry heath, Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum
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
- teaberry, wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain tea, ground-berry, creeping wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens