'Cranberry' definitions:
Definition of 'cranberry'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
noun
Very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
Definition of 'Cranberry'
From: 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
Words containing 'Cranberry'
- Cranberries,
- american cranberry,
- cranberry bush,
- cranberry culture,
- cranberry heath,
- cranberry juice,
- cranberry sauce,
- cranberry tree,
- cranberry worm,
- european cranberry,
- high cranberry,
- highbush cranberry,
- hog cranberry,
- large cranberry,
- low cranberry,
- lowbush cranberry,
- marsh cranberry,
- mountain cranberry,
- native cranberry,
- small cranberry,
- wild cranberry,
- american cranberry bush,
- cranberry-tree,
- european cranberry bush