About The Word Cranberry
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Cranberry
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What's The Definition Of Cranberry?
[n] very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
[n] any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries Synonyms | Synonyms for Cranberry: Related Terms | Find terms related to Cranberry: See Also | American cranberry | American cranberry | berry | bush | cowberry | cranberry sauce | European cranberry | foxberry | genus Vaccinium | large cranberry | large cranberry | lingberry | lingenberry | lingonberry | mountain cranberry | shrub | small cranberry | Vaccinium | Vaccinium macrocarpon | Vaccinium macrocarpon | Vaccinium oxycoccus | Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cranberry In Webster's Dictionary \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
{Cranberries} (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also,
the plant producing it (several species of {Vaccinum} or
{Oxycoccus}.) The {high cranberry} or {cranberry tree} is a
species of {Viburnum} ({V. Opulus}), and the other is
sometimes called {low cranberry} or {marsh cranberry} to
distinguish it.
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