bearberry (n.)

  1. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; 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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