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PRONUNCIATION OF BEARBERRIES

bearberries  [ˈbeəbərɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEARBERRIES

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bearberries is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BEARBERRIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bearberries

Bearberry

Bearberries are three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus Arctostaphylos. Unlike the other species of Arctostaphylos, they are adapted to Arctic and Subarctic climates, and have a circumpolar distribution in northern North America, Asia and Europe, one with a small highly disjunctive population in Central America.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEARBERRIES


anburies
ˈænbərɪz
bayberries
ˈbeɪbərɪz
blackberries
ˈblækbərɪz
blaeberries
ˈbleɪbərɪz
boysenberries
ˈbɔɪzənˌbərɪz
cowberries
ˈkaʊbərɪz
crackberries
ˈkrækˌbərɪz
cranberries
ˈkrænbərɪz
dewberries
ˈdjuːbərɪz
gooseberries
ˈɡʊzbərɪz
memories
ˈmemərɪz
mulberries
ˈmʌlbərɪz
queries
ˈkwɪərɪz
snowberries
ˈsnəʊbərɪz
spiceberries
ˈspaɪsbərɪz
syllabaries
ˈsɪləbərɪz
teaberries
ˈtiːbərɪz
tilburies
ˈtɪlbərɪz
twinberries
ˈtwɪnbərɪz
waxberries
ˈwæksbərɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEARBERRIES

bear witness
bear-baiting
bear´s-breech
bear´s-breeches
bear´s-ear
bear´s-foot
bearability
bearable
bearableness
bearably
bearberry
bearbine
bearcat
beard
beard the lion in his den
beard-stroking
bearded
bearded collie
bearded dragon
bearded lady

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEARBERRIES

accessories
berries
blueberries
carries
cherries
curries
durries
elderberries
ferries
flurries
harries
hurries
lorries
marries
no worries
parries
quarries
raspberries
remarries
strawberries
worries

Synonyms and antonyms of bearberries in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bearberries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEARBERRIES

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The translations of bearberries from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bearberries» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bearberries
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gayubas
570 millions of speakers

English

bearberries
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bearberries
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

bearberries
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bearberries
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bearberries
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bearberries
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

busserole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beruang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bärentrauben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bearberries
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bearberries
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bearberries
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bearberries
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bearberries
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेअरबेरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bearberries
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bearberries
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bearberries
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bearberries
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bearberries
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κουμαριές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bearberries
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bearberries
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bearberries
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bearberries

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEARBERRIES»

The term «bearberries» is used very little and occupies the 190.349 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEARBERRIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bearberries

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEARBERRIES»

Discover the use of bearberries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bearberries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Knowledge: A ...
Anishinaabeg added bearberries to their soups and stews, but she insisted that bearberries are used as a means of extending an available source of food, not as a means of seasoning it. The bearberries, and not the food to which they are ...
Wendy Djinn Geniusz, 2006
2
Our Knowledge is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical ...
This berry would provide no "seasoning" for any food; I guarantee it. Keewaydinoquay told Mary Geniusz that she had heard researchers say that the Anishinaabeg added bearberries to their soups and stews, but she insisted that bearberries ...
Wendy Djinn Geniusz, 2009
3
A Taste of Heritage: Crow Indian Recipes and Herbal Medicines
Kinnikinnick berries, bearberries, can be eaten raw, but they are awfully bitter. They're not sweet enough for me. Bill's family always added sweetener when they made the butter. Bearberry Butter Bearberries Water Sugar Pectin Pick ...
Alma Hogan Snell, Lisa Castle, 2006
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A Zoologist on Baffin Island 1953
I ate a scanty meal of some of the previous summer's bearberries, crowberries and blueberries, which the winter snow had preserved. Most were bearberries, the least tasty and sugary, the most bitter and sour. Doubtless, animals had eaten  ...
Adam Watson, 2011
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Hildegard von Bingen's Physica: The Complete English ...
The plant on which bearberries (rifelbere) grow has neither a strong heat nor a strong cold, and it is not very useful to the body. Its fruit, while cold, has a certain affinity to blood, since it grows from the air, which nourishes blood, whence it ...
‎1998
6
Peribology: A Budding of Secrets Compiling Cultural Insights ...
... exorcism, wart charming, reconciliations, potency, and love (Cunningham 1985 ) Bearberries reddish or brown in color. Bearberries have many medicinal uses, like its Health consumption lowers the uric acid content in the body. It also helps ...
Bryan Sisson, 2013
7
And Now You Know: 50 Native American Legends
If I could only find some bearberries I could make eyeballs out of them .” Coyote crawled around on the ground, hoping to find some bearberries. He felt all around him, hoping that one of the bushes he touched had bearberries on it. Finally, he ...
John W. Friesen, Virginia Lyons Friesen, 2009
8
Uses of Plants by the Hidatsa of the Northern Plains
Nannyberries (sweet) hidatsa name: naxpitsi ita matsu (grizzlybear his berry) local english name: bearberry, blackhaw (nannyberry) botanical name: Viburnum lentago L. Bearberries (the name is now usually associated with Arcto- staphylos  ...
Gilbert Livingston Wilson, Michael Scullin, 2014
9
Lives of Grizzlies: Alaska
In the spring, Kluane bears rely primarily on Hedysarum roots, horsetail, Oxytropis (locoweed) flowers, and overwintered bearberries (kinnikin- nick), along with sparse amounts of meat, presumably from carrion. Their diets are dominated by ...
‎2004
10
Survival Skills of the North American Indians
belong to the same genus as blueberies. Crowberries (Empetrum nigrum], small black berries growing on low shrubs with needle-like leaves, were important in some parts of Alaska. Bearberries [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] were eaten in many ...
Peter Goodchild, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEARBERRIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bearberries is used in the context of the following news items.
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Getting bitter: Tasty, The Art and Science of What We Eat traces the …
... arbutin, in bearberries; and amygdalin, in bitter almonds. This mutation is rare in Africa. Sampling the genes of populations around the world, ... «National Post, Jan 15»
2
Bog off for cranberries
Sometimes they are called “bearberries” as the specialities on the ursine menu. A couple from Pennsylvania has just got engaged in one of the ... «Times of Malta, Dec 14»
3
Henry David Thoreau's 'Cape Cod'
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 ... «Boston Globe, Aug 14»
4
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
John was a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge pointing out blueberries, bearberries, wild currants, monk’s hood, and caribou moss and ... «National Parks Traveler, Feb 14»
5
Maine Gardener: Maine to hire invasive plant specialist
Other plants that he brought in were low-bush blueberries, bayberries and bearberries, all in sod form, although the blueberries brought a lot of ... «Press Herald, Feb 14»
6
Researchers look to Nunavik's tundra for fruitful collaboration
... most famous fruit: cloudberries (arpiq), blackberries (paurngaq), blueberries (kigutanginnaq), redberries (kimminaq) and bearberries (kallaq). «Nunatsiaq News, Nov 13»
7
Cranberries, a Thanksgiving Staple, Were a Native American …
... of a sandhill crane; fenberries, for the fens—an antiquated word for bogs—where cranberries grow; and bearberries, for the bears that were, ... «National Geographic, Nov 13»
8
Look for Community Canoe project in Christie Pits
... species such as black-eyed Susans, honeysuckle, prairie smoke, common milkweed, Canadian anemone, bearberries and wild strawberries. «insideTORONTO.com, Jul 13»
9
Faithful flock to 'bleeding' Virgin Mary
Bearberries: These are reddish or brown in color. They have ... Herbal tea made from bearberries are used to cure nephritis. •Nannyberry: ... «CNN, Jul 12»
10
New growth: Arboretum revives local plants, local knowledge
Some of the familiar plants in the garden include bearberries. Native Americans ate the berries and used the bark and leaves as an astringent ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Dec 10»

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