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high cranberry
(gcide) | Cranberry \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 (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is
sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to
distinguish it.
[1913 Webster] cranberry tree |
high cranberry
(gcide) | cranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
\cranberry-tree\n.
a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub ({Viburnum
opulus}) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
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