Bearberry

//ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.

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

  2. 2
    chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas wordnet
  3. 3
    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).
  4. 4
    deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States wordnet
  5. 5
    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.; alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry, black bearberry (Arctous alpina, syn. Arctostaphylos alpinus)
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  1. 6
    shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada wordnet
  2. 7
    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.; red bearberry (Arctous rubra, syn. Arctostaphylos rubra)
  3. 8
    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.; A similar berry of temperate south-central China (Arctous microphylla).
  4. 9
    Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).

Etymology

From bear + berry.

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