bearberry

bearberry
noun /ˈbɛəbɛɹi/
a) Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arcostaphylus, which grow in arctic regions and bear edible berries.

Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss.

b) Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, a species of bearberry
Syn: common bearberry

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  • Bearberry — Arctostaphylos uva ursi Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

  • Bearberry — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bearberry — [ber′ber΄ē] n. pl. bearberries any of a genus (Arctostaphylos, esp. A. uva ursi) of trailing plants of the heath family, having small, leathery leaves, white or pinkish flowers, and red berries …   English World dictionary

  • bearberry — noun 1. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada • Syn: ↑cascara buckthorn, ↑bearwood, ↑chittamwood, ↑chittimwood, ↑Rhamnus purshianus • Hypernyms: ↑buckthorn …   Useful english dictionary

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  • bearberry willow — meškauoginis karklas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Gluosninių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Salix uva ursi), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Salix uva ursi angl. bearberry willow šaltinis Valstybinės lietuvių kalbos… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • bearberry honeysuckle — dengtažiedis sausmedis statusas T sritis vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Lonicera involucrata angl. bearberry honeysuckle; fly honeysuckle vok. Bärenbeere rus. жимолость покрывальная lenk. suchodrzew skrytoowocowy …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • bearberry — noun Date: 1625 a trailing evergreen plant (Arctostaphylos uva ursi) of the heath family with astringent foliage and red berries …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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