Found 2 items, similar to cranberry tree.
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Definition: cranberry tree
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
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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
\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]