lingonberry

Etymology

From Swedish lingon (“cowberry, lingonberry”) + berry.

noun

  1. A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. The berry of this shrub.
    Ze lingonberry pancake! 1998, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Nihilist (Peter Stormare)

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