lingonberry – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
lingonberry
n.
cowberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (
lingonberry or
cowberry) is a short
evergreen shrub in the
heath family that bears edible
fruit,
native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. Lingonberries are picked in the wild and used to accompany a variety of dishes in Northern Fennoscandia. Commercial cultivation is undertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
lingonberry
Noun
1. low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
(synonym) cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
(hypernym) cranberry
(part-meronym) mountain cranberry, cowberry, lowbush cranberry
2. tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
(synonym) mountain cranberry, cowberry, lowbush cranberry
(hypernym) berry
(part-holonym) cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
