low cranberry

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low cranberry - 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