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cranberry tree definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries [syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, cranberry tree, Viburnum opulus]
2: deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three- lobed leaves and red berries [syn: cranberry bush, cranberry tree, American cranberry bush, highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.