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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 autumnplay

  Familiarity information: RED BEARBERRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RED BEARBERRY (noun)


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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