Found 2 items, similar to Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
n : 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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.
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