English Explanatory Dictionary

bearberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
  2. common bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi).
  3. alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry, black bearberry (Arctous alpina, syn. Arctostaphylos alpinus)
  4. red bearberry (Arctous rubra, syn. Arctostaphylos rubra)
  5. A similar berry of temperate south-central China (Arctous microphylla).
  6. Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bearberry.wav

Word forms

bearberry bearberries

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der. Proto-Germanic *berô Proto-West Germanic *berō Old English bera Middle English bere English bear Middle English berye English berry English bearberry From bear + berry.

Synonyms

bear's-grape uva ursi

Derived words

bearberry willow mountain bearberry

Translations

Ahtna: denes Bulgarian: ме́чо гро́зде Danish: melbærris Finnish: sianpuolukka German: Bärentraube Kazakh: аюжидек Lower Tanana: deneyh Polish: mącznica Russian: толокня́нка Swedish: mjölon Udmurt: гондырмульы
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