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ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ALPINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Arctostaphylos alpina mean?
• ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ALPINA (noun)
The noun ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ALPINA has 1 sense:
1. deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar
Familiarity information: ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ALPINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ARCTOSTAPHYLOS ALPINA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
alpine bearberry; Arctostaphylos alpina; black bearberry
Hypernyms ("Arctostaphylos alpina" is a kind of...):
bearberry (chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas)
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