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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The plant cowberry or lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
2. 2
   low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries wordnet
3. 3
   The berry of this plant.

Synonyms

All synonyms

cowberrycowberrylingberrylingenberrylingonberrylingonberry

Example

More examples

"I found some splendid foxberry blossoms."

Etymology

From fox + berry.

Related phrases

vaccinium vitis idaea

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