bearberry
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from *ǵʰwer-der✻
- derived from *bʰerH-der✻
Definitions
Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now…
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.
Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).
The neighborhood
- synonymbear's-grapeArctostaphylos
- synonymuva ursiArctostaphylos
Derived
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