Cowberry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cowberry \Cow"ber`ry\ (-b[e^]r`r[y^]), n.; pl. {Cowberries}
     (-r[i^]z). (Bot.)
     A species of {Vaccinium} ({Vaccinium Vitis-id[ae]a}), which
     bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery;
     -- locally called {mountain cranberry}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cowberry
       n 1: low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of
            Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
            [syn: {mountain cranberry}, {lingonberry}, {lingenberry},
             {lingberry}, {foxberry}, {Vaccinium vitis-idaea}]
       2: tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
          [syn: {lingonberry}, {mountain cranberry}, {lowbush
          cranberry}]