lingberry

9.9

A low green bush that grows in northern forests and has small red berries you can eat

noun

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She picked a basket full of ripe lingberries to make jam.

Examples

The tart flavor of the lingberry complements sweet desserts perfectly.
Wild lingberry grows abundantly in the forests of Scandinavia.
I picked some lingberries from the bush.
The lingberry shrub thrives in cold climates.
She picked a basket full of ripe lingberries to make jam.
The tart flavor of the lingberry complements sweet desserts perfectly.
Wild lingberry grows abundantly in the forests of Scandinavia.

Synonyms

lingonberry

vslingberry

1 8.3

A small tart red berry from a low evergreen bush used in jams and sauces

is the general descriptive name for that shrub and its berries

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

vslingberry

Specialized

9.9

A low evergreen shrub that grows in northern forests and makes small red edible berries called lingonberries

is the common, simple name used for the same shrub

lingenberry

vslingberry

9.9

A small evergreen bush that makes red berries you can eat

is the standard modern form used for the same shrub

mountain cranberry

vslingberry

4.7

A low evergreen shrub from northern places that makes small tart red berries

is the usual general term rather than this regional label

cowberry

vslingberry

9.1

A low evergreen bush in northern forests that has small tart red edible berries

focuses on the plant alone rather than the berry as food itself

foxberry

vslingberry

9.9

A low bush with small red berries that people eat

is the common descriptive name rather than this less familiar term

Surface Forms

lingberry singular

lingberries plural

Morphology

lingberry = ling + berry (semi-transparent) = ling + berry

The word is a recognizable compound of 'ling' and 'berry', but the plant name is specialized and not fully predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

The word lingberry comes from ling, an old word for 'heather', the low shrub where these small red berries grow. So a lingberry is literally a 'heather berry', which explains why it is a tart, edible berry from a low evergreen bush in northern places.