(n.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.
Thesaurus Entries
Persian berry, alder, azalea, bayberry, blackberry, blackthorn, box, bramble, brier, brier bush, broom, bush, caper, cinchona, coca, coffee, cranberry, currant, daphne, elder, forsythia, frangipani, fuchsia, furze, gardenia, gooseberry, gorse, greasewood, guava, haw, heather, hemp tree, henna, hibiscus, holly, huckleberry, hydrangea, indigo, juniper, jute, laurel, leatherleaf, lilac, magnolia, manzanita, mock orange, mountain lilac, myrtle, ninebark, oleander, photinia, poison sumac, privet, pussy willow, rhododendron, rose of Sharon, rosebay, rosemary, sage, sagebrush, sand myrtle, scrub, shrubbery, sisal, snow wreath, snowberry, spiraea, sumac, symplocos, syringa, tamarisk, veronica, witch hazel, yellowroot
