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Bearberry

Bearberry Meaning & Definition
Bearberry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bearberry?

[n] chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to arctic areas
[n] deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
[n] shrubby tree of United States Pacific coast; yields cascara sagrada

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bearberry: bearwood | cascara buckthorn | chittamwood | chittimwood | Ilex decidua | possum haw | Rhamnus purshianus | winterberry

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bearberry:

See Also | alpine bearberry | Arctostaphylos | Arctostaphylos alpina | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | bear's grape | black bearberry | buckthorn | bush | cascara | cascara sagrada | chittam bark | chittem bark | common bearberry | creashak | genus Arctostaphylos | hog cranberry | holly | mealberry | mountain box | red bearberry | sandberry | shrub | wild cranberry

Bearberry In Webster's Dictionary

\Bear"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.) A trailing plant of the heath family ({Arctostaphylos uva-ursi}), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

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