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cow·ber·ry

(kou′bĕr′ē)

[Approximate translation of New Latin Vaccīnium, genus name, from Latin vaccīnium, bilberry (sense uncertain), from vaccīnus, of cows.]

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cowberry

(ˈkaʊbərɪ; -brɪ)

n, pl -ries

1. (Plants) a creeping ericaceous evergreen shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of N temperate and arctic regions, with pink or red flowers and edible slightly acid berries

2. (Plants) the berry of this plant

Also called: red whortleberry

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moun′tain cran′berry

a shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of the heath family, growing in northern regions and having tart red berries. Also called cowberry, lingonberry.

[1840–50, Amer.]

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Noun	1.	cowberry - low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, cowberry, lingonberry - tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller cranberry - any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
	2.	cowberry - tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, lingonberry berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea - low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

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