Meaning of BEARBERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'behr`beree
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- [n] chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to arctic areas
- [n] deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
- [n] shrubby tree of United States Pacific coast; yields cascara sagrada
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| | Synonyms: | | bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood, Ilex decidua, possum haw, Rhamnus purshianus, winterberry |
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| | See Also: | | alpine bearberry, Arctostaphylos, Arctostaphylos alpina, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, black bearberry, buckthorn, bush, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark, common bearberry, creashak, genus Arctostaphylos, hog cranberry, holly, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sandberry, shrub, wild cranberry | |
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| | Definition: | | \Bear"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
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.
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