COWBERRY

lingonberry, mountain cranberry, cowberry, lowbush cranberry

(noun) tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller

cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingonberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cowberry (plural cowberries)

A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).

The berry of this shrub.

Synonyms

• foxberry

• lingonberry

• lowbush cranberry

• mountain cranberry

• partridgeberry

• red whortleberry

Source: Wiktionary


Cow"ber`ry (-br`r), n.; pl. Cowberries (-r. (Bot.)

Definition: A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-id), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain cranberry.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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