| 单词 | red bearberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred 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. < as lemmas |
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