Low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries.

synonyms: foxberry, lingberry, lingenberry, lingonberry, mountain cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

Dutch: rode bosbes, vossenbes
Polish: borówka czerwona, brusznica, borówka brusznica

Tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller.

synonyms: lingonberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain cranberry.