| 单词 | mountain cranberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmountain cranberry mountain cranberry n. U.S. either of two dwarf shrubs of the genus Vaccinium, the lingonberry, V. vitis-idaea subsp. minus, of north-western North America, and V. erythocarpum, of the southern United States; (also) the fruit of either of these plants. ΚΠ 1843 J. Hayward Gazetteer U.S. 28 In autumn, the whole surface of the island [sc. Cross Island] is red with mountain cranberries. 1892 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 72 Broad patches of bearberry showing at a little distance like patches of mountain cranberry. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 11 June 13/1 But there are a lot of other things to eat in the Arctic... Mountain cranberries and blue-berries for instance. 1997 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) May 64/1 (advt.) The key ingredient is Arbutin. Found in mountain cranberries, it works to inhibit the production of melanin in your skin. < as lemmas |
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