Associations to the word «Bearberry»

Wiktionary

BEARBERRY, noun. Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
BEARBERRY, noun. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the common bearberry.

Dictionary definition

BEARBERRY, noun. Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada.
BEARBERRY, noun. Deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States.
BEARBERRY, noun. Chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas.

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