Bearberry

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈbɛə(ɹ)bɛɹi/

Origin

bear + berry

Full definition of bearberry

Noun

1. Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
• 1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter 2005, p. 26:Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss.
2. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the common bearberry.

Synonyms

• (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) common bearberry

Derived terms

• mountain bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina)