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nouna slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the bodytype of:
Definition that contains creeping
- pixie creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
- shamrock creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
- pixy creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
- wintergreen 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
- twinberry creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
- creeping st john's wort creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover
- asperula tinctoria creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing
- checkerberry 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
- birthwort creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
- subclass rhizopoda creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers