groundberry

noun ground·ber·ry \ ˈgrau̇n(d)-—see berry \

Definition of groundberry

1 : checkerberry 1 a; also : the plant producing this berry

2 Australia : native cranberry

3 : a thick trailing evergreen shrub (Rubus hespidus) of eastern North America that is used as a ground cover especially on banks and in rock gardens and that has hispid canes and glossy foliolate leaves

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