Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Definitions of Vaccinium vitis-idaea
  1. noun
    low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
    synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry
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    type of:
    cranberry
    any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
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