bearberry

English

Etymology

bear +‎ berry

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi/

Noun

bearberry (plural bearberries)

1. Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
   • 1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter, published 2005, page 26:

     Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss.

   1. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the common bearberry.
2. Arbutus menziesii.

Synonyms

• uva ursi

Derived terms

• mountain bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina)

Translations

the genus Arctostaphylos

• Danish: melbærris
• Finnish: sianpuolukka (fi)
• German: Bärentraube (de) f
• Kazakh: аюжидек (aüjidek)
• Polish: mącznica (pl) f
• Russian: толокня́нка (ru) f (toloknjánka)
• Swedish: mjölon (sv)

the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

• Bulgarian: мечо грозде (mečo grozde)
• Catalan: boixerola f
• Danish: hede-melbærris
• Finnish: sianpuolukka (fi)
• French: bearberry (fr)
• German: echte Bärentraube f
• Lakota: waȟpé čhaŋlí
• Navajo: dinas
• Norwegian: melbær
• Persian: انگور خرس‎ (angur-e xers)
• Russian: толокня́нка (ru) f (toloknjánka)
• Swedish: mjölon (sv)

Further reading

• bearberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arctostaphylos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Arctostaphylos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• bearberry at USDA Plants database