Found 2 items, similar to bearberry.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bearberry
bearberry
n 1: shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States;
yields cascara sagrada [syn:
cascara buckthorn,
bearwood,
chittamwood,
chittimwood,
Rhamnus purshianus]
2: deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
[syn:
possum haw,
winterberry,
Ilex decidua]
3: chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to arctic areas
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bearberry
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]