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bearberry
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bearberry has 3 senses
- bearberry(n = noun.plant) bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, rhamnus purshianus - shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada; Array is a kind of buckthorn
- bearberry(n = noun.plant) ilex decidua, possum haw, winterberry - deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States; Array is a kind of holly
- bearberry(n = noun.plant) Array - chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas; Array is a member of arctostaphylos, genus arctostaphylos
has parts: cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark
has particulars: arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, creashak, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry, alpine bearberry, arctostaphylos alpina, black bearberry
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE 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. [1913 Webster]
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