Meaning of COWBERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'kaw`beree
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- [n] tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
- [n] low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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| | Synonyms: | | foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, lingonberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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| | See Also: | | berry, cowberry, cowberry, cranberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lowbush cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cow"ber`ry\ (-b[e^]r`r[y^]), n.; pl. {Cowberries}
(-r[i^]z). (Bot.)
A species of {Vaccinium} ({V. Vitis-id[ae]a}), which bears
acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; --
locally called {mountain cranberry}.
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