bearberry

bearberry has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
• n.. deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
• n.. shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada