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Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Answer for the clue "Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries ", 8 letters:
cowberry
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A shrub native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere (''Vaccinium vitis-idaea''). 2 The berry of this shrub.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 ] tart red berries similar to American cranberries ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cowberry \Cow"ber`ry\ (-b[e^]r`r[y^]), n.; pl. Cowberries (-r[i^]z). (Bot.) A species of Vaccinium ( Vaccinium Vitis-id[ae]a ), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain cranberry .
Usage examples of cowberry.
Blackwort as distinguished in its aspect from the Cowberry and the Cranberry.
He roared at Mum to shut up, but she threw the basket with the cowberries into his muzzle and went on screaming.
The leaves of other plants have been mistaken for Bearberry leaves, notably those of the Cowberry (Vaccinium Vitis-idaea) and of the Box (Buxus sempervirens), and have occasionally been used to adulterate the drug, but Bearberry leaves are readily distinguished by the characteristics given, viz.