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lingberry

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cow·ber·ry   (kou'běr'ē)   
n.   In both senses also called lingberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry.

  1. A low creeping evergreen shrub (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), native to northern parts of North America and Eurasia and having drooping clusters of small white or pinkish flowers.

  2. The edible red berry of this plant, used to make sauces, jams, and preserves.


[Approximate translation of New Latin Vaccīnium, genus name, from Latin vaccīnium, bilberry (sense uncertain), from vaccīnus, of cows.]
ling·ber·ry   (lĭng'běr'ē)   
n.  See cowberry.

[Variant of lingonberry.]
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