| NOUN | plant | bearberry, cascara buckthorn, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus | shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States |
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| plant | bearberry, possum haw, winterberry, Ilex decidua | deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States | |
| plant | bearberry | chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas |
| Meaning | shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada. | |
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| Synonyms | cascara buckthorn, bearwood, chittamwood, chittimwood, Rhamnus purshianus | |
| Parts | cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, chittem bark | dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative |
| Broader | buckthorn | A shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus |
| Meaning | deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States. | |
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| Synonyms | possum haw, winterberry, Ilex decidua | |
| Broader | holly | Any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges |
| Spanish | possum haw | |
| Catalan | possum haw | |
| Meaning | chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas. | |
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| Member of | Arctostaphylos, genus Arctostaphylos | bearberry |
| Narrower | alpine bearberry, black bearberry, Arctostaphylos alpina | deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries |
| common bearberry, red bearberry, wild cranberry, mealberry, hog cranberry, sand berry, sandberry, mountain box, bear's grape, creashak, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries | |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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