cowberry

n 1: 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}]

2: tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller

[syn: {lingonberry}, {mountain cranberry}, {lowbush

cranberry}]