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holly vs bearberry

bearberry vs holly

holly and bearberry both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
holly Yes No No No
bearberry Yes No No No
As nouns, bearberry is a hyponym of holly; that is, bearberry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than holly:
  • holly: any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
  • bearberry: deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
Other hyponyms of holly include Ilex decidua, possum haw, winterberry, evergreen winterberry, gall-berry, gallberry, Ilex glabra, inkberry, Ilex paraguariensis, mate, Paraguay tea, American holly, Christmas holly, low gallberry holly, tall gallberry holly, yaupon holly, deciduous holly, juneberry holly, largeleaf holly, Geogia holly, common winterberry holly, smooth winterberry holly.
holly (noun) bearberry (noun)
any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas
deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States
shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
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