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crowberries
Variant of crowberry
adjective
designating a family (Empetraceae, order Ericales) of dicotyledonous shrubby evergreens
noun pl. crowberries
- any of several hardy, low, evergreen shrubs (genus Empetrum) of the crowberry family, found in N regions
- the black, edible berry of any of these shrubs
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