Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
n 1: evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern
Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves
turn red in autumn [syn: {common bearberry}, {red
bearberry}, {wild cranberry}, {mealberry}, {hog cranberry},
{sand berry}, {sandberry}, {mountain box}, {bear's grape},
{creashak}, {Arctostaphylos uva-ursi}]
Bearberry \Bear"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
A trailing plant of the heath family ({Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi}), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and
glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.
[1913 Webster]