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Concordance comment - robkelk - 01-12-2013
I was going through the DW V Concordance and noticed the sentence "The lingonberry is a sweet-tart reddish fruit somewhat reminiscient of cranberries." This is not a big surprise - ligonberries are classified biologically as Order Ericales, Family Ericaceae, Genus Vaccinium, Subgenus Vitis-idaea, while cranberries are classified biologically as Order Ericales, Family Ericaceae, Genus Vaccinium, Subgenus Oxycoccus... They aren't very different.
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Rob Kelk
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- Proginoskes - 01-15-2013
Well, huckleberries and blueberries are also Vaccinium species. And plums, peaches, apricots, and cherries are all Prunus. Congeners don't necessarily taste similar.