BEARBERRY WILLOW

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bearberry willow mean? 

• BEARBERRY WILLOW (noun)
  The noun BEARBERRY WILLOW has 1 sense:

1. dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base

  Familiarity information: BEARBERRY WILLOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEARBERRY WILLOW (noun)

Meaning:

Dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bearberry willow; Salix uva-ursi

Hypernyms ("bearberry willow" is a kind of...):

willow; willow tree (any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix)

Holonyms ("bearberry willow" is a member of...):

genus Salix; Salix (a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows)