Bunchberry \Bunch"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel ({Cornus Canadensis}), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.
bunchberry n : creeping red-berried perennial herb distinguished by clustered leaf whorls at tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska [syn: {dwarf cornel}, {crackerberry}, {pudding berry}, {Cornus canadensis}]