COWBERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cowberry mean? 

• COWBERRY (noun)
  The noun COWBERRY has 2 senses:

1. low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

2. tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller

  Familiarity information: COWBERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COWBERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cowberry; foxberry; lingberry; lingenberry; lingonberry; mountain cranberry; Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Hypernyms ("cowberry" is a kind of...):

cranberry (any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries)

Meronyms (parts of "cowberry"):

cowberry; lingonberry; lowbush cranberry; mountain cranberry (tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cowberry; lingonberry; lowbush cranberry; mountain cranberry

Hypernyms ("cowberry" is a kind of...):

berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

Holonyms ("cowberry" is a part of...):

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)