Lingonberry fruit Author Mr. Philip Gabrielsen on Wikimedia Commons

Binomial name Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Names

Vaccinium vitis-idaea is called cowberry in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland and lingonberry in North America. The name cowberry is derived from the scientific name Vaccinium, which comes from vaccinus, an adjective from Latin vacca “cow”.

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