noun
- a low-growing evergreen shrub with small pink or white flowers and red berries, found in northern regions
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The bearberry grows well in sandy, acidic soil.
- Native Americans traditionally used bearberry leaves for medicinal purposes.
- Bearberry plants form dense mats across the forest floor.
- The red berries of the bearberry are an important food source for wildlife.
- Bearberry is commonly found in arctic and subarctic regions.
- The small white flowers of bearberry bloom in early summer.