单词 | cowberry |
释义 | cowberry[ kou-ber-ee, -buh-ree ] / ˈkaʊˌbɛr i, -bə ri / noun, plural cow·ber·ries.the berry or fruit of any of various shrubs, especially Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of the heath family, growing in pastures. any of these shrubs. Origin of cowberry1790–1800; cow1 + berry, for Latin vaccīnium plant name (in New Latin: genus name), derivative of vaccīnus of cows; see vaccine Words nearby cowberrycowardly, cowash, cow bail, cowbane, cowbell, cowberry, cowbind, cowbird, cowboy, cowboy boot, cowboy hat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cowberry
British Dictionary definitions for cowberrycowberry / (ˈkaʊbərɪ, -brɪ) / noun plural -riesa creeping ericaceous evergreen shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, of N temperate and arctic regions, with pink or red flowers and edible slightly acid berries the berry of this plant Also called: red whortleberry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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