bearberry

bearberry

English

Etymology

bear +‎ berry

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛəbɛɹi/

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 2005, p. 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.

Derived terms

• mountain bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina)

Translations

the genus Arctostaphylos

Danish: melbærris Finnish: sianpuolukka (fi) German: Bärentraube (de) f Kazakh: аюжидек (aywjïdek)

Polish: mącznica (pl) f Russian: толокня́нка (ru) f (toloknjánka) Swedish: mjölon

the species Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Bulgarian: мечо грозде (mečo grozde) 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 Westrobothnian: häjber n

Further reading

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