Sc. A local name of the Crowberry, Empetrum nigrum.

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1863.  Phytologist, New Ser. VI. 474. Empetrum nigrum (Crowberry), ‘Knowperts.’

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1886.  G. Macdonald, What’s Mine’s Mine. Heather, ling, blueberries, knowperts, and cranberries.

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