HyperDic: arctostaphylos_uva-ursi

English > 1 sense of the expression Arctostaphylos uva-ursi:
NOUNplantArctostaphylos uva-ursi, common bearberry, red bearberry, wild cranberry, mealberry, hog cranberry, sand berry, sandberry, mountain box, bear's grape, creashakevergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries
English > Arctostaphylos uva-ursi: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningevergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn.
Synonymscommon bearberry, red bearberry, wild cranberry, mealberry, hog cranberry, sand berry, sandberry, mountain box, bear's grape, creashak
Broaderbearberrychiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
CatalanArctostaphylos uva-ursi

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