bearberry
Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three…Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
Meaning
6 sensesAny of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
Common bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi).
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Alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry, black bearberry (Arctous alpina, syn. Arctostaphylos alpinus)
Red bearberry (Arctous rubra, syn. Arctostaphylos rubra)
A similar berry of temperate south-central China (Arctous microphylla).
Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).
- chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
- deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
- shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
Translations
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Forms
plural: bearberries| Singular | bearberry |
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States:possum hawwinterberryIlex decidua
- shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada:cascara buckthornbearwoodchittamwoodchittimwoodRhamnus purshianus