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bearberry

English

Etymology

bear +? berry

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?b??b(?)?i/

Noun

bearberry (plural bearberries)

  1. Any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.
    • 1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter 2005, p. 26:
      Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss.
    1. Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, the common bearberry.
  2. Arbutus menziesii.

Derived terms

  • mountain bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina)

Translations

Further reading

  • bearberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Arctostaphylos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Arctostaphylos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • bearberry at USDA Plants database

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dingleberry

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Perhaps for dangle +? berry.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?????b??i/

Noun

dingleberry (plural dingleberries)

  1. Vaccinium erythrocarpum, the southern mountain cranberry.
  2. (slang) A stupid or foolish person.
  3. (slang) Dried fecal matter adhering to anal hair.
  4. (dated, manufacturing) Any residual irregularity following processing

Synonyms

  • (Vaccinium erythrocarpum): arando, bearberry
  • (stupid person): idiot, moron
  • (piece of faeces): (Australia) dag, (Australia) dags

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