different between winterberry vs bearberry

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

winter +? berry; from the berries' persistence throughout the winter.

Noun

winterberry (plural winterberries)

1. A species of holly native to the United States and Canada and producing red berries, Ilex verticillata.
2. The fruit of this plant.

Synonyms

• (plant): American winterberry, black alder, black alder winterberry, brook alder, coralberry, deciduous holly, deciduous winterberry, false alder, fever bush, inkberry, Michigan holly, possumhaw, striped alder, swamp holly, Virginian winterberry, white alder, winterberry holly

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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