Vaccinium vitis-idaea vs cowberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea and cowberry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Vaccinium vitis-idaea	Yes	No	No	No
cowberry	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Vaccinium vitis-idaea and cowberry are synonyms defined as:

Vaccinium vitis-idaea and cowberry: low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

Other synonyms of Vaccinium vitis-idaea include foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry.

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (noun)	cowberry (noun)
low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries	tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
	low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries