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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cowberry \Cow"ber`ry\ (-b[e^]r`r[y^]), n.; pl {Cowberries} (-r[i^]z). (Bot.) A species of {Vaccinium} ({V. Vitis-id[ae]a}), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called {mountain cranberry}. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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