'Bearberry' definitions:
Definition of 'bearberry'
From: WordNet
noun
Shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada [syn: cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus]
noun
Deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States [syn: bearberry, possum haw, winterberry, Ilex decidua]
noun
Chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
Definition of 'Bearberry'
From: GCIDE
- 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]