bearberry

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
    — Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss.
  2. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.; common bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi).
  3. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.; alpine bearberry, mountain bearberry, black bearberry (Arctous alpina, syn. Arctostaphylos alpinus)
  4. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.; red bearberry (Arctous rubra, syn. Arctostaphylos rubra)
  5. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.; A similar berry of temperate south-central China (Arctous microphylla).
  6. Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).

词形变化

bearberries plural

词汇关系

近义词
bear's-grape uva ursi
衍生词
bearberry willow mountain bearberry

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der.
Proto-Germanic *berô
Proto-West Germanic *berō
Old English bera
Middle English bere
English bear
Middle English berye
English berry
English bearberry
From bear + berry.
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