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Definition of Bearberry
1. Noun. Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada.
Generic synonyms: Buckthorn
Terms within: Cascara, Cascara Sagrada, Chittam Bark, Chittem Bark
2. Noun. Deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States.
3. Noun. Chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas.
Specialized synonyms: 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
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Bearberry
1. 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.
Definition of Bearberry
1. Noun. Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus ''Arcostaphylus'', which grow in arctic regions and bear edible berries. ¹
2. Noun. ''Arctostaphylos uva-ursi'', a species of bearberry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bearberry
1. [n -BERRIES]
Medical Definition of Bearberry
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearberry
Literary usage of Bearberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"THE bearberry. THE bearberry is a more common plant, and more elegant in its ...
The bearberry is a native of both continents. It abounds in light sandy ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"Shrubs or subshrubs, deciduous or evergreen, low or trailing ; natives of Europe
or America. *- 1. A. U'VA-U'RSI Spreng, The common bearberry. ..."
3. Materia Medica and Therapeutics for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle, Clement Biddle (1895)
"UVA URSI—bearberry. DESCRIPTION, HABITAT AND PROPERTIES.—Arctostaphylos Uva-
ursi (Nat. Ord. Ericaceae), is a small, trailing, evergreen shrub, ..."