1. dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base; [syn: bearberry willow, Salix uva-ursi]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Salix uva-ursi
n 1: dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine
regions of North America and Greenland having deep green
elliptic leaves that taper toward the base [syn: bearberry
willow, Salix uva-ursi]