cowberry

[kou-ber-ee, -buh-ree]

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noun

cowberries

the berry or fruit of any of various shrubs, especially Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of the heath family, growing in pastures.
any of these shrubs.

cowberry

/ ˈkaʊbərɪ, -brɪ /

a creeping ericaceous evergreen shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of N temperate and arctic regions, with pink or red flowers and edible slightly acid berries
the berry of this plant

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1790–1800; cow ¹ + berry, for Latin ��ī�Ծ��ܳ� plant name (in New Latin: genus name), derivative of ��ī�Գܲ� of cows; vaccine

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Examples have not been reviewed.

Also on the list of hosts is Vaccinium vitis-idaea, which includes the cowberry, lingonberry and mountain cranberry.

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The cowberry, or red whortleberry, Vaccinium Vitis-Idaea, is sometimes sold for the cranberry.

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