Partridgeberry vs. Lingonberry

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  • Lingonberry

    Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry, partridgeberry, 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 Baltoscandia and Russia. Commercial cultivation is undertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and in many other regions of the world.

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  • Partridgeberry (noun)

    Any of various plants, including

  • Partridgeberry (noun)

    squaw vine, Mitchella repens

  • Partridgeberry (noun)

    teaberry, Gaultheria procumbens

  • Partridgeberry (noun)

    The berry of such a plant.

  • Lingonberry (noun)

    A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.

  • Lingonberry (noun)

    The berry of this shrub.

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