Crossword clues for cowberry
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.
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
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 but smaller [syn: lingonberry, mountain cranberry, lowbush 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.