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bearberry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi/ (UK)
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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 Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry English bearberry From bear + berry.

Meanings

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.
   • Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss. 1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter, published 2005, page 26:
2. 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. ▸ common bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi).
3. 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. ▸ alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry, black bearberry (Arctous alpina, syn. Arctostaphylos alpinus)
4. 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. ▸ red bearberry (Arctous rubra, syn. Arctostaphylos rubra)
5. 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. ▸ A similar berry of temperate south-central China (Arctous microphylla).
6. Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).

Forms

Deriveds

mountain bearberry · bearberry willow

Synonyms

uva ursi (Arctostaphylos) · bear's-grape (Arctostaphylos)

Translations (28)

fi sianpuolukka (the genus Arctostaphylos) · bg ме́чо гро́зде (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · udm гондырмульы (the genus Arctostaphylos) · bg ме́чо гро́зде (the genus Arctostaphylos) · aht denes (the genus Arctostaphylos) · da melbærris (the genus Arctostaphylos) · fr bearberry (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · de Bärentraube (the genus Arctostaphylos) · taa deneyh (the genus Arctostaphylos) · kk аюжидек (the genus Arctostaphylos) · ru толокня́нка (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · lkt waȟpé-čhaŋlí (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · sq gërdec (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · fa انگور خرس (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · nv dinas (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · no mjølbær (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · de echte Bärentraube (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · sv mjölon (the genus Arctostaphylos) · pl mącznica (the genus Arctostaphylos) · da hede-melbærris (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · cmn 熊果 (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · fi sianpuolukka (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · pl mącznica lekarska (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · ca boixerola (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · mk мечкино грозје (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · sv mjölon (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · no melbær (the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) · ru толокня́нка (the genus Arctostaphylos)