ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arctostaphylos uva-ursi mean? 

• ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI (noun)
  The noun ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI 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: ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI used as a noun is very rare.

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• ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI (noun)

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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 ("Arctostaphylos uva-ursi" is a kind of...):

bearberry (chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas)