Bearberry

Word BEARBERRY
Character 9
Hyphenation bear ber ry
Pronunciations /ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi/

Definitions and meanings of "Bearberry"

What do we mean by bearberry?

Any of certain mat-forming shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos in the heath family, especially A. uva-ursi, native to North America and Eurasia, having small leathery leaves, white or pinkish urn-shaped flowers, and red berrylike fruits. noun

A trailing evergreen ericaceous shrub, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, found throughout the arctic and mountainous portions of the northern hemisphere, and bearing small bright-red drupes. noun

In the Pacific States, a species of Rhamnus, R. Purshiana, named from the fondness of bears for its berries. Also called bearwood. noun

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. noun

Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arcostaphylus, which grow in arctic regions and bear edible berries. noun

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the common bearberry. noun

Deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States noun

Chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas noun

Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada noun

Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.

Arbutus menziesii.

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The word "bearberry" in example sentences

Also known as bearberry, uva ursi’s use as a folk remedy for urinary-tract infections has been validated by modern research, which shows that this herb is an effective treatment for bladder and kidney ailments. ❋ Earl Mindell (2008)

Black spruce and dwarf larch Larix larieina scrub colonises exposed moraines, giving way to an ericaceous shrub formation in the more exposed and unstable areas with alpine bearberry Anctostaphylos alpina, alpine azalea Loiseleuria procumbens and diapensia. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I scream her name—Opal Opal—run past beach heather and bearberry—Opal Opal Opal—and suddenly remember Napeague Harbor beyond the tallest dune. ❋ Ursula Hegi (2007)

However, cystitis can be caused by vigorous sex but you can pack herbal help with Uvacin tablets which contain a soothing combination of peppermint, natural antiseptic bearberry and mildly diuretic dandelion. ❋ Thatsnews (2007)

Typical ground cover includes lichens, mosses, bracken fern and members of the heath family (bearberry and teaberry). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Understory species include bearberry, mosses, and sedges. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I take three steps on firm ground and then stumble into a gaping pit camouflaged with bearberry and alpine azalea. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He was sick and drank tea from bearberry leaves as tonic, and gradually he became transformed into a black bear. ❋ Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain (2003)

Fern, huckleberry, bearberry, service berry, the shoulder-high broad-leafed thimbleberry, and a plethora of plants Anna couldn't put a name to, tangled in the cross-hatching of rotting timber. ❋ Barr, Nevada (2001)

She saw a bearberry shrub, a dwarf evergreen heath plant with small, dark green, leathery leaves, and an abundance of small, round, pink-tinged white flowers that promised a rich crop of red berries. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1990)

Older dunes farther inland are carpeted with beach heather, evergreen bearberry, and various lichens such as reindeer moss. ❋ Janine M. Benyus (1989)

I walk over the shining dark leaves and the scarlet beads of the bearberry, and am presently roaming in the fantastic streets of the dolomitic city. ❋ Edward Harrison Barker (1885)

As I think of it now, I behold again those beds of shining bearberry ( "resplendent" would be none too fine a word; there is no plant for which the sunlight does more), loaded with a wealth of handsome red fruit. ❋ Bradford Torrey (1877)

The beach-plum crop was a failure; plum wine, of the goodness of which I heard enthusiastic reports, would be scarce; but one needed only to look at the bearberry patches to perceive that Cape Cod sand was not wanting in fertility after a manner of its own. ❋ Bradford Torrey (1877)

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