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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
- smilax aspera creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India
- mountain avens creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America
- gaultheria procumbens 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
- mountain tea 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
- mitchella creeping evergreen herbs of North America
- salmonberry creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries