mountain cranberry

mountain cranberry

n.

See lingonberry.

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moun′tain cran′berry

n.

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.]

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Noun	1.	mountain cranberry - low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, 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.	mountain cranberry - tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller lowbush cranberry, cowberry, 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

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