1. Deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries
   "Birds feast on cranberry tree berries in winter";
   - cranberry bush, American cranberry bush, highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum
    
2. Deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
   "The cranberry tree's bright berries attracted winter birds";
   - guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus

Derived forms: cranberry trees

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Viburnum, Viburnum

Encyclopedia: Cranberry tree