Meaning

noun shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada

noun deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States

noun chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der. Proto-Germanic *berô Proto-West Germanic *berō Old English bera Middle English bere English bear Middle English berye English berry English bearberry From bear + berry.

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