noun
Meaning 1
Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)l
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
mountain cranberry
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UK: /ˈmaʊn.tɪn ˈkɹænbɛɹi/
noun
Meaning 2
Mountain bearberry (Actous alpina (syn. Arctostaphylos alpina).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lingonberry, cowberry, lowbush cranberry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: berry
noun
Meaning 4
low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cowberry, lingonberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cranberry
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: riekonmarja — Arctostaphylos alpina
- Polish: mącznica alpejska — Arctostaphylos alpina
- Northern Sami: rievssatmuorji — Arctostaphylos alpina
- Northern Sami: guovžžamuorji — Arctostaphylos alpina
- Swedish: ripbär — Arctostaphylos alpina