(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.

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