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单词 cowberry
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cow•ber•ry  (kou′ber′ē, -bə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. 
  1. Plant Biologythe berry or fruit of any of various shrubs, esp. Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of the heath family, growing in pastures.
  2. Plant Biologyany of these shrubs.
  • 1790–1800; cow1 + berry, for Latin vaccīnium plant name (in Neo-Latin: genus name), derivative of vaccīnus of cows; see vaccine

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cowberry /ˈkaʊbərɪ -brɪ/ n ( pl -ries)
  1. a creeping ericaceous evergreen shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of N temperate and arctic regions, with pink or red flowers and edible slightly acid berries
  2. the berry of this plant

Also called: red whortleberry
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