資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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} ({V. Opulus}), and the other is
sometimes called {low cranberry} or {marsh cranberry} to
distinguish it.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]