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cow·ber·ry
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ˈkaʊˌbɛr
i
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-bə
ri
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noun,
plural
cow·ber·ries.
1.
the berry or fruit of any of various shrubs, especially
Vaccinium vitis-idaea,
of the heath family, growing in pastures.
2.
any of these shrubs.
Origin:
1790–1800;
cow
1
+
berry
,
for
Latin
vaccīnium
plant name (in
Neo-Latin:
genus name), derivative of
vaccīnus
of cows;
see
vaccine
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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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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