bearberry

A noun referring to various shrubs or subshrubs, including a Pacific coast tree yielding cascara sagrada, a deciduous shrub of the southeastern and central United States, and chiefly evergreen subshrubs found in northern to Arctic areas.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa varios arbustos o subarbustos, incluido un árbol del Pacífico del que se obtiene la cáscara sagrada, un arbusto caducifolio del sureste y centro de Estados Unidos, y principalmente subarbustos perennifolios propios de regiones septentrionales y árticas.

1. Cascara tree C1 formal american scientific

   A shrubby tree native to the Pacific coast of the United States, known for producing cascara sagrada, a natural laxative.

   • The bearberry tree is harvested for its medicinal bark.
   • Cascara sagrada is derived from the bearberry tree.
   • Bearberry grows abundantly in the Pacific Northwest.

   🇪🇸Cáscara sagrada

   Sinónimos: cascaracascara sagrada

2. Deciduous shrub C1 formal american scientific

   A deciduous shrub found in southeastern and central United States, often with small berries.

   • The bearberry shrub loses its leaves in winter.
   • This species of bearberry is common in the southeastern US.
   • Wildlife often feeds on the berries of the bearberry shrub.

   🇪🇸Gayuba arbustiva

3. Arctic subshrub C1 formal scientific

   A chiefly evergreen subshrub found in northern to Arctic regions, often with red berries and leathery leaves.

   • Bearberry is a common ground cover in Arctic tundra.
   • The plant's red berries persist through winter.
   • Bearberry leaves are used in traditional herbal remedies.

   🇪🇸gayuba

   Sinónimos: foxberrymealberrysandberry

• bearberries plural form
• bearberries' possessive plural form
• bearberry's possessive singular form