VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Vaccinium vitis-idaea" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Vaccinium vitis-idaea"):

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

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