cranberry


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cranberry/ˈkranbəri/
noun (pl. cranberries)
  • 1 a small red acid berry used in cooking.
  • 2 an evergreen dwarf shrub which yields cranberries. [Vaccinium oxycoccos (Europe), V. macrocarpon (N. America), and other species.]
– origin C17: from Ger. Kranbeere or Low Ger. kranebeere ‘crane-berry’.
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