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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bearberry \Bear"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
A trailing plant of the heath family ({Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi}), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and
glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bearberry
n 1: shrubby tree of United States Pacific coast; yields cascara
sagrada [syn: {cascara buckthorn}, {bearwood}, {chittamwood},
{chittimwood}, {Rhamnus purshianus}]
2: deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
[syn: {possum haw}, {winterberry}, {Ilex decidua}]
3: chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to arctic areas
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