bearberry

/ˈbɛrˌbɛri/

Other forms: bearberries

Definitions of bearberry

1. noun

   shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
   synonyms: Rhamnus purshianus, bearwood, cascara buckthorn, chittamwood, chittimwood

   type of:

   buckthorn

   a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
2. noun

   deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
   synonyms: Ilex decidua, possum haw, winterberry

   type of:

   holly

   any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
3. noun

   chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
   types:

   Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, creashak, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry

   evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn

   Arctostaphylos alpina, alpine bearberry, black bearberry

   deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems