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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.
Exact synonyms: Bear's Grape, Common Bearberry, Creashak, Hog Cranberry, Mealberry, Mountain Box, Red Bearberry, Sand Berry, Sandberry, Wild Cranberry
Generic synonyms: Bearberry
Generic synonyms: Bearberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi
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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