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Bearberry vs Beechnut - What's the difference?

bearberry | beechnut |

As nouns the difference between bearberry and beechnut

is that bearberry is any of three dwarf shrubs of the genus arctostaphylos , which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries while beechnut is the small, triangular nut of the beech tree.

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) * *

    beechnut

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The small, triangular nut of the beech tree.

    • Synonyms

    * beech mast