bearberryn.

Brit.

/ˈbɛːbɛri/, U.S.

/ˈbɛrˌbɛri/

Forms:

α. see bear n.¹ and berry n.¹

β. rare 1700s–1800s bears berry, 1700s– bear's berry.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bear n.¹, berry n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < bear n.¹ + berry n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of bear n.¹ + berry n.¹ So called because the berries of the plants are eaten by bears.In sense 1 apparently as a folk-etymological alteration of barberry n.

†1. The common barberry, Berberis vulgaris. Obsolete. rare.

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barbarync1400

barberryc1420

berbera1500

pipperidge1538

St John's berry1561

barberry-bush1578

bearberry1625

barberry-tree1813

berberid1847

jaundice-berry1858

agarita1891

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xlvi. 277 The Standards to be..Beare-berries (but here and there, because of the Smell of their Blossome).

†2. The American cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon; the fruit of this plant. Obsolete.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > cranberry

fen-berry1578

fen whort1578

marish whort1578

bearberry1651

mossberry1670

bog berry1760

lingonberry1866

dingleberry1923

crone1597

bearberry1651

moor-berry1670

cranberry1672

marshwort1863

tree cranberry1868

1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 79 As also the Cramberries, (which are so called by the Indians, but by the English, Beare-Berries; because it's thought the Beares eat them in winter, or Bar-Berries; by reason of their fine acid taste like Bar-Berries).

1750 Biographia Britannica III. 1619 Upon the rocks, and in the moss, grew a shrub, whose fruit was very sweet, and full of red juice, like Corinths, supposed to be the Cranberry, or Bear-Berry.

1924 Amer. Botanist 30 12 The larger cranberry (Oxycoccus marocarpum) is found only in America, and is naturally the ‘American cranberry’, and ‘large cranberry’. Among its other names are ‘marsh cranberry’ and ‘bearberry’.

3. Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Arctostaphylos (family Ericaceae) native to northern North America, Europe, and Asia; spec. (more fully red bearberry) A. uva-ursi, which has bright red astringent berries and clusters of small white or pink flowers. Also: the fruit of these plants.black bearberry: see the first element.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > bearberry bush

bearberry1677

saccacommis1703

uva ursi1753

manzanita1846

smoking weed1859

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > other berries

blueberry1594

hedge-berry1607

elderberry1625

huckleberry1670

bearberry1677

cloudberry1743

baked apple1750

pembina1760

service1785

honeyberry1787

nub-berry1794

bluet1812

noop1817

squawberry1829

quandong1836

miro1838

strawberry guava1901

squash-berry1935

tayberry1977

tummelberry1984

1677 A. Littleton Eng.–Lat. Dict. at Berry in Dictionarium Latino-Barbarum A Bear-berry. Uva ursina.

1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. J. G. Beyerstein Obstacles to Improvem. of Physic in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 164 The bear-berry has been neglected, though an efficacious astringent.

1846 J. W. Loudon Brit. Wild Flowers 232 The Red Bear-Berry. (Arctostaphylos Uva ursi, Spreng.)... A beautiful little evergreen shrub, with long trailing branches, leathery leaves.., and terminal clusters of flowers, which appear in May.

1997 Independent on Sunday 19 Jan. (Review Suppl.) 52/5 ‘Don't eat bearberries’, he cautioned, indicating a clump, ‘the pucker factor is like major Scrooge-face’.

2001 Nature Photographer Summer 49/1 He has photographed caribou..in the fall among scarlet leaves of bearberry.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bearberry
释义	bearberryn. Brit. /ˈbɛːbɛri/, U.S. /ˈbɛrˌbɛri/ Forms: α. see bear n.¹ and berry n.¹ β. rare 1700s–1800s bears berry, 1700s– bear's berry. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bear n.¹, berry n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < bear n.¹ + berry n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of bear n.¹ + berry n.¹ So called because the berries of the plants are eaten by bears.In sense 1 apparently as a folk-etymological alteration of barberry n. †1. The common barberry, Berberis vulgaris. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > barberry bush barbarync1400 barberryc1420 berbera1500 pipperidge1538 St John's berry1561 barberry-bush1578 bearberry1625 barberry-tree1813 berberid1847 jaundice-berry1858 agarita1891 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xlvi. 277 The Standards to be..Beare-berries (but here and there, because of the Smell of their Blossome). †2. The American cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon; the fruit of this plant. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > cranberry fen-berry1578 fen whort1578 marish whort1578 bearberry1651 mossberry1670 bog berry1760 lingonberry1866 dingleberry1923 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > cranberry bush crone1597 bearberry1651 moor-berry1670 cranberry1672 marshwort1863 tree cranberry1868 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 79 As also the Cramberries, (which are so called by the Indians, but by the English, Beare-Berries; because it's thought the Beares eat them in winter, or Bar-Berries; by reason of their fine acid taste like Bar-Berries). 1750 Biographia Britannica III. 1619 Upon the rocks, and in the moss, grew a shrub, whose fruit was very sweet, and full of red juice, like Corinths, supposed to be the Cranberry, or Bear-Berry. 1924 Amer. Botanist 30 12 The larger cranberry (Oxycoccus marocarpum) is found only in America, and is naturally the ‘American cranberry’, and ‘large cranberry’. Among its other names are ‘marsh cranberry’ and ‘bearberry’. 3. Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Arctostaphylos (family Ericaceae) native to northern North America, Europe, and Asia; spec. (more fully red bearberry) A. uva-ursi, which has bright red astringent berries and clusters of small white or pink flowers. Also: the fruit of these plants.black bearberry: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > bearberry bush bearberry1677 saccacommis1703 uva ursi1753 manzanita1846 smoking weed1859 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > other berries blueberry1594 hedge-berry1607 elderberry1625 huckleberry1670 bearberry1677 cloudberry1743 baked apple1750 pembina1760 service1785 honeyberry1787 nub-berry1794 bluet1812 noop1817 squawberry1829 quandong1836 miro1838 strawberry guava1901 squash-berry1935 tayberry1977 tummelberry1984 1677 A. Littleton Eng.–Lat. Dict. at Berry in Dictionarium Latino-Barbarum A Bear-berry. Uva ursina. 1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. J. G. Beyerstein Obstacles to Improvem. of Physic in Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 164 The bear-berry has been neglected, though an efficacious astringent. 1846 J. W. Loudon Brit. Wild Flowers 232 The Red Bear-Berry. (Arctostaphylos Uva ursi, Spreng.)... A beautiful little evergreen shrub, with long trailing branches, leathery leaves.., and terminal clusters of flowers, which appear in May. 1997 Independent on Sunday 19 Jan. (Review Suppl.) 52/5 ‘Don't eat bearberries’, he cautioned, indicating a clump, ‘the pucker factor is like major Scrooge-face’. 2001 Nature Photographer Summer 49/1 He has photographed caribou..in the fall among scarlet leaves of bearberry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1625
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