About The Word Bearberry
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Bearberry
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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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