cowberry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cowberry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cowberry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cowberry n low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries Synonym(s): cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingonberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis- idaea tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller Synonym(s): lingonberry, mountain cranberry, cowberry, lowbush cranberry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cowberry \Cow"ber`ry\ (-b[ecr]r`r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Cowberries} (-r[icr]z). (Bot.) A species of {Vaccinium} ({V. Vitis-id[91]a}), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called {mountain cranberry}.