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[syn: common bearberry, red bearberry, wild cranberry, mealberry, hog cranberry, sand berry, sandberry, mountain box, bear's grape, creashak, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bearberry \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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
n 1: evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern
Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves
turn red in autumn [syn: common bearberry, red
bearberry, wild cranberry, mealberry, hog cranberry,
sand berry, sandberry, mountain box, bear's grape,
creashak, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]