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Noun: cranberry  'kran,be-ree [N. Amer], kran-bu-ree [Brit]
  1. Very tart red berry used for sauce or juice
    "Cranberry sauce is a traditional Thanksgiving side dish"
     
  2. Any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
    "The cranberry bog was flooded for the autumn harvest"

Derived forms: cranberries

Type of: berry, bush, shrub

Part of: American cranberry, cranberry sauce, genus Vaccinium, large cranberry, Vaccinium, Vaccinium macrocarpon

Encyclopedia: Cranberry, PA