[syn: cranberry bush, cranberry tree, American cranberry bush, highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum]
The 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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]