ground-berry vs shrub

shrub vs ground-berry

ground-berry and shrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ground-berry	Yes	No	No	No
shrub	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shrub is a hypernym of ground-berry; that is, shrub is a word with a broader meaning than ground-berry:

ground-berry: small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of ground-berry include bush.

ground-berry (noun)	shrub (noun)
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	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia

Difference between ground-berry and shrub

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