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Bearberry

Bearberry

(Science: botany) 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.


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... spruce (Picea abies), birch (Betula spp.), heath (Erica spp.), dwarf bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), mountain cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), willow (Salix spp.), red raspberry (Rubus idaeus), sheathed cottonsedge (Eriophorum ...

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