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Barberry vs Bearberry - What's the difference?

barberry | bearberry |

As nouns the difference between barberry and bearberry

is that barberry is any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis, which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries while bearberry is any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries.

barberry

English

Noun

(barberries)
  • Any of the thorny shrubs of genus Berberis , which bear yellow flowers and red or blue-black berries.

    • External links

    * (Berberis) * (Berberis) * *

    bearberry

    English

    Noun

    (bearberries)
  • 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.
  • Arctostaphylos uva-ursi , the .

    • Derived terms

    * mountain bearberry (Arctostaphylos alpina )

    External links

    * ("bearberry" on Wikipedia) * (Arctostaphylos) * *