cowberry

[ kou-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun,plural cow·ber·ries.
  1. the berry or fruit of any of various shrubs, especially Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of the heath family, growing in pastures.

  2. any of these shrubs.

Origin of cowberry

1
1790–1800; cow1 + berry, for Latin vaccīnium plant name (in New Latin: genus name), derivative of vaccīnus of cows; see vaccine

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British Dictionary definitions for cowberry

cowberry

/ (ˈkaʊbərɪ, -brɪ) /


nounplural -ries
  1. a creeping ericaceous evergreen shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of N temperate and arctic regions, with pink or red flowers and edible slightly acid berries

  2. the berry of this plant

  • Also called: red whortleberry

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