Noun: cowberry 'kaw,be-ree [N. Amer], kaw-bu-ree [Brit]
- Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
"cowberry sauce is a traditional accompaniment to Swedish meatballs";
- mountain cranberry, lingonberry, lingenberry [non-standard], lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
- Tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
"They gathered cowberries to make a wild berry sauce";
- lingonberry, mountain cranberry, lowbush cranberry
Derived forms: cowberries
Encyclopedia: Cowberry