gaultheria_procumbens | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 | |
Synonyms: | wintergreen checkerberry mountain_tea groundberry creeping_wintergreen ground-berry teaberry | |
Related terms: | shrublet Gaultheria wintergreen wintergreen_oil | |
Similar spelling: |
Gaultheria_shallon Gaultheria_hispidula |