| a low-growing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of the heath family, growing in northern regions and having tart, red, edible berries. |
cow·ber·ry  (kou'běr'ē)  n. In both senses also called lingberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry.
[Approximate translation of New Latin Vaccīnium, genus name, from Latin vaccīnium, bilberry (sense uncertain), from vaccīnus, of cows.] |
| mountain cranberry n. See cowberry. |
