lingonberry

[ling-uhn-ber-ee]

noun

plural

lingonberries 

1. mountain cranberry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lingonberry¹

1950–55; < Swedish lingon mountain cranberry + berry

Example Sentences

Analyzing the cranberry's genome can indicate when it diverged evolutionarily from some of its relatives, such as the blueberry, lingonberry and huckleberry.

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Reindeer, elk, lingonberries: The menu makes you feel like a Viking.

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He ate grilled avocado salad, caviar and lingonberries.

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The scent of elk meat and fried chanterelles floated over stalls hawking lax and rosehip soup and pancakes fried with lingonberries.

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Here I discovered my favorite mountain meal: kaiserschmarrn, a shredded pancake with caramelized sugar, powdered sugar and lingonberry preserves.

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