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LINGONBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lingonberry mean?
• LINGONBERRY (noun)
The noun LINGONBERRY has 2 senses:
1. low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
2. tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
Familiarity information: LINGONBERRY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cowberry; foxberry; lingberry; lingenberry; lingonberry; mountain cranberry; Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Hypernyms ("lingonberry" is a kind of...):
cranberry (any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries)
Meronyms (parts of "lingonberry"):
cowberry; lingonberry; lowbush cranberry; mountain cranberry (tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
cowberry; lingonberry; lowbush cranberry; mountain cranberry
Hypernyms ("lingonberry" is a kind of...):
berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)
Holonyms ("lingonberry" is a part of...):
cowberry; foxberry; lingberry; lingenberry; lingonberry; mountain cranberry; Vaccinium vitis-idaea (low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries)
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