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Cranberry
Pronunciation : Cran"ber*ry (krn"br-r)
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: 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 (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.
pl. Cranberries (-r
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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