cow·ber·ry

(kou′bĕr′ē)

[Approximate translation of New Latin Vaccīnium, genus name, from Latin vaccīnium, bilberry (sense uncertain), from vaccīnus, of cows.]

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cowberry

(ˈkaʊbərɪ; -brɪ)

n, pl -ries

1. (Plants) a creeping ericaceous evergreen shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of N temperate and arctic regions, with pink or red flowers and edible slightly acid berries

2. (Plants) the berry of this plant

Also called: red whortleberry

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moun′tain cran′berry

a shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of the heath family, growing in northern regions and having tart red berries. Also called cowberry, lingonberry.

[1840–50, Amer.]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	cowberry - low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, cowberry, lingonberry - tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller cranberry - any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
	2.	cowberry - tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, lingonberry berry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea - low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

Translations

tyttebær

Kronsbeere Preiselbeere

puolukka

airelle

áfonya

tyttebær

брусника

lingon

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References in periodicals archive

"Trees where the rare Welsh Clearwing live have also been damaged along with areas of good quality heathland containing a mix of heather, cowberry, bilberry and crowberry."

Areas of nature reserve destroyed by fire

Densitometric determination of arbutin in cowberry leaves (Vaccinium vitis idaea).

Simultaneous Determination of Arbutin and Hydroquinone in Different Herbal Slimming Products Using Gas Chromatography-mass Spectrometry/Arbutin ve Hidrokinonun Farkli Bitkisel Zayiflama Urunlerinde Gaz Kromatografisi-Kutle Spektrometresi ile Eszamanli Belirlenmesi

First, empirical bilberry and cowberry yield models were developed as a function of age, basal area, site fertility, growing stock characteristics, and other random parameters (Ihalainen et al.

A review of the development of the multiple use forest management planning concept/Une etude du developpement du concept de planification de la gestion des forets a usages multiples/Una revision del desarrollo del concepto de planificacion de la gestion forestal de usos multiples

Comments: Lingostem is a stem cell culture derived from the Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Lingonberry or cowberry).

New skin care ingredients

The forest undergrowth consists of blueberry Vaccinium myrtillus, cowberry V vitis-idaea, heather Calluna vulgaris, wild rosemary Ledum palustre and swamp cranberry Oxycoccus palustris.

Towards a successful reintroduction of capercaillies--activity, movements and diet of young released to the Lower Silesia Forest, Poland

Much of the AONB here is also designated as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) and as a special Area of Conservation (SAC) as it's home to a number of rare and endangered birds, including the skylark, nightjar and woodlark, and the Cannock Chase berry, which is a rare hybrid of the bilberry and cowberry.

The beauty of the Chase..

To minimize variation among plots, we focused on young, mixed coniferbirch forest in the Norwegian forestry cutting classes 2 (trees up to 8 m) and 3 (trees above 8 m but not mature for felling), with a field layer dominated by bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) or cowberry (V.

Shoot growth responses at supplementary feeding stations for moose in Norway

These include complex pine forests, cowberry pine forests, pine forests with moss fir-trees, aspen woods, and poplar forest reach in herbs.

Taxonomic and typological features of the flora of the "Small Pinewood" ecological path in the "Lower Kama" National Park (Tatarstan)

These foods include blueberries, bilberry, whortleberry, lingonberry, cowberry, and huckleberry.

Evaluation of the effect of cranberry juice on symptoms associated with a urinary tract infection

A diolch yn fawr i Gruff Ellis, Ysbyty Ifan am anfon llus y geifr (llun uchod) (Vaccinium vitilis-idaea; cowberry) ataf.

Wermod lwyd, y gog a llus y geifr; LLxN Y LLYSIAU

These include the so-called superfoods cowberry (aka lingonberry) - a tart, red fruit related to the cranberry - and acerola, a red cherry-like fruit that has 30 times more vitamin C than orange juice.

The fruit juice cocktail 'super-smoothie' that cuts heart disease risk!