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RED BEARBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red bearberry mean?
• RED BEARBERRY (noun)
The noun RED BEARBERRY has 1 sense:
1. evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
Familiarity information: RED BEARBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; bear's grape; common bearberry; creashak; hog cranberry; mealberry; mountain box; red bearberry; sand berry; sandberry; wild cranberry
Hypernyms ("red bearberry" is a kind of...):
bearberry (chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas)
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