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