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noun, plural cow·ber·ries.

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

any of these shrubs.

Origin:
1790–1800; cow¹ + berry, for Latin vaccīnium plant name (in Neo-Latin: genus name), derivative of vaccīnus of cows; see vaccine

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cowberry (ˈkaʊbərɪ, -brɪ)

—n , pl -ries
1.	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.	the berry of this plant

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