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]