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Webster 1913 Edition

(-bĕrˊry̆)

Noun.

;

pl.

Cowberries

(-rĭz)

(Bot.)

A species of

Vaccinium

(

Vaccinium Vitis-idæa

), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; – locally called

mountain cranberry

cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Wikispecies

cowberry ‎(plural cowberries)

A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (Vaccinium vitis-idaea).
The berry of this shrub.

shrub and berry Vaccinium vitis-idaea — see lingonberry