bearberry

2 definitions found

bearberry - 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]

bearberry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bearberry
      n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;
           yields cascara sagrada [syn: cascara buckthorn,
           bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood,
           Rhamnus purshianus]
      2: deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
         [syn: bearberry, possum haw, winterberry, Ilex   decidua
         ]
      3: chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas