Meaning of CRANBERRY
| Pronunciation: | | 'kran`beree
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- [n] very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
- [n] any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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