Definition of Bearberries

1. Noun. (plural of bearberry) ¹

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Definition of Bearberries

1. bearberry [n] - See also: bearberry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bearberries

bear the scars
bear trap
bear traps
bear up
bear upon
bear walker
bear with
bear witness
bearabilities
bearability
bearable
bearableness
bearably
bearbaiting
bearbaitings
bearberries (current term)
bearberry
bearberry willow
bearbind
bearbine
bearbines
bearcat
bearcats
bearcub
beard lichen
beard moss
beard the lion in his den
beard worm
bearded

Literary usage of Bearberries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"One crop contained twenty-seven strawberries, twenty-eight bearberries, and twelve shepherdia berries, besides flowers, leaves, and insects, ..."

2. American Game-bird Shooting by George Bird Grinnell (1910)
"But one crop contained twenty-seven strawberries, twenty-eight bearberries and twelve sheperdia berries, besides flowers, leaves and insects, ..."

3. Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau (1908)
"You would frequently think, from the character of the surface, the dwarfish trees, and the bearberries around, that you were on the top of a mountain. ..."

4. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1890)
"They gathered " bearberries" by the wayside. In 1717 8 Moses Prince, brother of the annalist, saw at Gloucester a carriage of two wheels for two horses; ..."

5. Birds that Hunt and are Hunted: Life Histories of One Hundred and Seventy by Neltje Blanchan (1905)
"... a covey of from seven to ten feeding on bearberries, raspberries, and other wild fruits, insects, especially grasshoppers, tender leaves, and leaf buds, ..."

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