Definition of "cowberry" []

• A low creeping evergreen shrub (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), native to northern parts of North America and Eurasia and having drooping clusters of small white or pinkish flowers. (noun)
• The edible red berry of this plant, used to make sauces, jams, and preserves. (noun)

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• "It is often called a "cowberry" and is a member of the cranberry family."
• "On the steeper slopes of hummocky ground there were banks of blaeberry and cowberry with a very deep layer of mosses."
• "None of us were particularly knowledgeable about the culinary habits of Russians, so we were pleased to find ourselves in a reasonably stylish restaurant looking over the Neva river with a menu which featured a wide range of choices such as beet carpaccio salad; cottage cheese and herbs; venison medallions with cowberry sauce and pelmeni stuffed with veal and pumpkin."