Definition of bearberry Bearberry
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We found 7 definitions of bearberry from 4 different sources.
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What does bearberry mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: bearberries |
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| bearberry - chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| arctostaphylos, genus arctostaphylos bearberry; manzanita | ||
| arctostaphylos uva-ursi, sandberry, sand berry, red bearberry, mountain box, mealberry, hog cranberry, creashak, common bearberry, bear's grape, wild cranberry evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn | ||
| bearberry - deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States | ||
| possum haw, winterberry, Ilex decidua | ||
| bearberry - shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada | ||
| cascara buckthorn, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus | ||
| buckthorn any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bearberry (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- bearberry, noun, singular of bearberries.
