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noun
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.
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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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noun
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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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)
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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).
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noun
Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).
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noun
chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shrub, bush
Narrower terms: common bearberry, red bearberry, wild cranberry, mealberry, hog cranberry, sand berry, sandberry, mountain box, bear's grape, creashak, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, alpine bearberry, black bearberry, Arctostaphylos alpina
noun
deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
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Synonyms: possum haw, winterberry, Ilex decidua
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Broader terms: holly
noun
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
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Synonyms: cascara buckthorn, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus
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Broader terms: buckthorn
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bherH-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bherH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵhwer-der. Proto-Germanic *berô Proto-West Germanic *berō Old English bera Middle English bere English bear Middle English berye English berry English bearberry From bear + berry.
Across languages
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