cranberry tree

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cranberry tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[a^]n"b[e^]r*r[y^]), n.; pl.
     Cranberries (-r[i^]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe
     in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (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.
     [1913 Webster] cranberry tree

  cranberry tree \cranberry tree\, cranberry-tree
  \cranberry-tree\n.
     a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub (Viburnum opulus
     ) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red
     berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to
     distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
  
     Syn: guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry
          bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus.
          [WordNet 1.5]

cranberry tree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, cranberry tree, Viburnum opulus]
      2: deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-
         lobed leaves and red berries [syn: cranberry bush,
         cranberry tree, American cranberry bush, highbush   cranberry
         , Viburnum trilobum]