bearberry
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- noun
- /ˈbɛrˌbɛri/
- UK
:
mora de oso
- By twilight, we stood along the protected bay where bearberry grows abundantly amid gleaming stones and pink sandy stretches.
Examples
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As the thick brambles of blueberry, bearberry, and cranberry melted out, fat berries remained, preserved through the Long Dark, sweet and succulent as their juices melted in the mouth.
Fiction book (1990) -
Cars have been parked every which way in the wild rose and bearberry that line the dirt drive leading to it.
Fiction book (1995) -
The leaves of the bearberry were beginning to redden.
Fiction book (1996) -
Bears often forage for berries, including bearberry, in the late summer months.
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The bearberry shrub produces bright red berries that attract wildlife in northern forests.
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During our hike, we spotted several bushes of bearberry dotted along the trail, their berries glistening in the sunlight.
Synonyms
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A bush with small orange or red berries that you can eat, like raspberries
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A low bush with strong-smelling leaves and red berries that make a mint-like oil
A small bush with red berries that grows in northwest North America
A North American shrub with leaves in three parts that makes bright red berries
A low bush with small red berries that grows on mountain slopes and in forests
An evergreen shrub from the western United States that grows small red or black berries
A low plant that stays green all year with small white flowers and red berries
A low evergreen bush in northern forests that has small tart red edible berries
A low bush with small red berries that people eat
A small tree or bush that loses its leaves and has bright red berries
An evergreen low bush with small white flowers, red berries, and leaves that turn red in autumn
A low evergreen shrub from northern places that makes small tart red berries
A low plant that stays green all year with shiny leaves and bright red berries that smell like mint
A shrub that loses its leaves in winter and has bright red berries that attract birds
A low green bush that grows in northern forests and has small red berries you can eat
A small tree or bush that has bright red berries
A small tree or bush with white flowers and bright red berries
A small tree or climbing plant with bright red berries
A low evergreen plant with small white flowers and red berries found in northern regions
A low evergreen shrub with small white flowers, bright red berries, and leaves that turn red in autumn
A low evergreen bush with small white flowers, red berries, and leaves that turn red in autumn
A small bush with bright red berries that stay through winter
Compounds
- Specialized
A low shrub that forms a mat on the ground with small green leaves in cold mountain and Arctic areas
A low evergreen plant with small white flowers and red berries found in northern regions
- Specialized
A low shrub that grows close to the ground in mountains and has red autumn leaves and dark berries
A low evergreen shrub with small white flowers, red berries, and leaves that turn red in autumn
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bearberry is made from bear and berry, so the name means a 'berry that bears eat'. That's why the low shrub with red berries in northern places is called bearberry, because bears often eat its fruit.