Cranberry

['krænb(ə)rɪ] or ['kræn'bɛri]

Definition

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

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

Typist: Maura--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Checker: Nicole

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Bog-berry.

Typist: Mag

Definition

n. a genus of small evergreen shrubs growing in peaty bogs and marshy grounds: the berry much used for tarts.

Checked by Ida