Definition of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

1. Noun. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi

Arctiidae
Arctium
Arctium lappa
Arctium minus
Arctocebus
Arctocebus calabarensis
Arctocephalus
Arctocephalus philippi
Arctonyx
Arctonyx collaris
Arctostaphylos
Arctostaphylos alpina
Arctostaphylos andersonii
Arctostaphylos manzanita
Arctostaphylos tomentosa
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (current term)
Arctotis
Arctotis stoechadifolia
Arctotis venusta
Arcturus
Ardea
Ardea herodius
Ardea occidentalis
Ardeidae
Ardennes
Ardennes counteroffensive
Ardhamagadhi
Ardian
Ardisia
Ardisia crenata

Literary usage of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1906)
"The leaves of the bearberry, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi, and of allied plants contain two glucosides, ..."

2. A Text-book of practical therapeutics: With Especial Reference to the by Hobart Amory Hare (1894)
"Uva Ursi, U. ó'., Bearberry, is the leaves of Arctostaphylos Uva Ursi, a widely-distributed evergreen shrub. The drug is known in the BP as ..."

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