'cranberry tree' definitions:
Definition of 'cranberry tree'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
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]
Definition of 'cranberry tree'
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
Definition of 'cranberry tree'
From: 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. [WordNet 1.5]