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bear|ber|ry
bear|ber|ry «BAIR BEHR ee, -buhr-», noun, plural -ries.
1. a trailing, evergreen shrub of the heath family, having small, bright-red berries and astringent leaves.
2. a similar shrub having black berries; Alpine bearberry.
3. any one of various other plants, especially a kind of holly growing in the southern United States.

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