Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bearberry

3 senses of bearberry

Sense 1
cascara buckthorn, bearberry, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus -- (shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada)
       => buckthorn -- (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)

Sense 2
bearberry, possum haw, winterberry, Ilex decidua -- (deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States)
       => holly -- (any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges)

Sense 3
bearberry -- (chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)