LINGONBERRY

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

lingonberry (plural lingonberries)

A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.

Synonyms: lowbush cranberry, mountain bilberry, cowberry, foxberry, partridgeberry, red whortleberry, csejka berry

The berry of this shrub.

Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, partridgeberry

Coordinate terms: blueberry, cranberry

Source: Wiktionary



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