|
|
Definition of Hog cranberry
1. Noun. Evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn.
Generic synonyms: Bearberry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hog Cranberry
Literary usage of Hog cranberry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reclamation of Cape Cod Sand Dunes by J. M. Westgate (1904)
"... continues for some time before there is sufficient humus accumulation for the
next members of the cycle. At this stage the bearberry or hog cranberry ..."
2. Cape Cod and the Old Colony by Albert Perry Brigham (1920)
"... where the tangled mat and brilliant round berries of the hog cranberry might
thrive, but where the thanksgiving fruit could not grow. ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Hog-cranberry. Crowberry. Curlew-berry. Grows in dense beds ; the fruit much
eaten by arctic birds. Summer. ' 4 1 2. ..."
4. The Provincetown Book by Nancy W Paine Smith (1922)
"... hog cranberry, Bearberry (Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi) Houseleek (Sedum acre)
Huckleberry (Gaylussacia ..."
5. Truro--Cape Cod, Or, Land Marks and Sea Marks by Shebnah Rich (1883)
"The plums or berries gain in flavor by lying all winter in a warm bed of snow.
Bearberry, mountain berry, sometimes called hog cranberry (arctostaphylos uva ..."
6. Cape Cod, the Right Arm of Massachusetts: An Historical Narrative by Charles Francis Swift (1897)
"The bearberry, or hog cranberry, with evergreen leaves and bright crimson berries,
covers acres on the borders of the forests with a thick carpet of foliage ..."
Other Resources:
