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Meaning of COWBERRY

Pronunciation:  'kaw`beree

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
  2. [n]  low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
 

COWBERRY is a 8 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, lingonberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
 
 See Also: berry, cowberry, cowberry, cranberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lowbush cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.

 

 

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