单词 | bearberry |
释义 | bearberry|ˈbɛəbɛrɪ| [f. bear n.1 + berry.] a. A procumbent shrub, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (family Ericaceæ), the astringent berries of which are a favourite food of grouse; also A. alpina (Black Bearberry). b. Sometimes applied to the allied Arbutus. †c. (erroneously) = barberry.
1625Bacon Gardens, Ess. (Arb.) 562 The Standards to be..Beare-berries but here and there, because of the Smell of their Blossome. 1759B. Stillingfl. in Misc. Tracts (1762) 205 The bear-berry..an efficacious astringent. 1859W. Coleman Woodlands (1862) 97 Common bearberry..Its fair pink blossoms come out in May or June. |

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