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cranberry definition

☆ cran·berry (kran′ber′ē, -bər ē)

noun pl. cranberries -·ries

  1. a firm, sour, edible, red berry, the fruit of any of several trailing evergreen shrubs (genus Vaccinium) of the heath family
  2. any of these shrubs

Etymology: < Du kranebere, LowG kraanbere, lit., crane berry: name used by early settlers in U.S., replacing earlier Brit fen berry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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