Cran·ber·ry n.; pl. Cranberries (-rĭz).  Bot. 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 (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.

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 cranberry tree
      n 1: deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of
           white flowers and small bright red berries [syn: {guelder
           rose, European cranberrybush, {European cranberry
           bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus]
      2: deciduous North American shrub or small tree having
         three-lobed leaves and red berries [syn: cranberry bush,
          American cranberry bush, highbush cranberry, {Viburnum
         trilobum]