CRANBERRY

cranberry

(noun) very tart red berry used for sauce or juice

cranberry

(noun) any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cranberry (plural cranberries)

A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.

The edible red berry of that shrub.

An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry

Hypernyms

• berry

Hyponyms

• arando Vaccinium erythrocarpum

• bearberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum or Vaccinium macrocarpon

• dingleberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum

• fenberry (dated) Vaccinium oxycoccos

• moorberry

• mossberry (Canada)

• American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)

• common cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)

• highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum, Viburnum edule, Viburnum opulus (European))

• large cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)

• northern cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)

• small cranberry (Vaccinium microcarpum)

• southern mountain cranberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)

Adjective

cranberry (not comparable)

Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.

Source: Wiktionary

Cran"ber*ry (krn"br-r), n.; pl. Cranberries (-r Etym: [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition