Definitions for bearberry

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bearberry bear·ber·ry

Spelling: [bair-ber-ee, -buh-ree]

IPA: /ˈbɛərˌbɛr i, -bə ri/

Bearberry is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in bearberry (abbeerrry).

Definitions for bearberry

noun

1. any of several prostrate shrubs belonging to the genus Arctostaphylos, of the heath family, especially A. uva-ursi, having tonic, astringent leaves and bright-red berries.
2. cascara.
3. possum haw.
4. any of several other plants, as some species of cranberry.

Origin of bearberry

First recorded in 1615-25; bear² + berry

Examples for bearberry

There they dined on blueberries, and slept on thick beds of moss and low growing blueberry and bearberry plants.

Arctostaphylos (bearberry) and Andromeda are arctic and alpine genera occurring in Britain.

Uva Ursi (bearberry Leaves), leaves of red whortleberry, and others.

The Greek generic name, translated into English, becomes "bearberry."

I certainly obtained better results with buchu and bearberry (Arctostaphylos).