What's the difference between cowberry and partridgeberry?

Cowberry


Definition:

  • (n.) A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-idaea), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain cranberry.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The aqueous extracts of ledum, motherwort, celandine, black currant, cowberry and bilberry inactivated TBE virus practically completely, and those of St. John's wort, pot marigold, tansy, chamomile, milfoil, and inula only partially.

Partridgeberry


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From the top of Partridgeberry Hill, I spied a small herd of caribou, unaware of me watching.