cranberry
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Etymology[edit]
Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m, which means and is cognate to crane + Beere f, which means and is cognate to berry.
The first element, the bound morpheme cran-, occurs only in this word, and this is used as an archetype, hence the term cranberry morpheme for such a morpheme.
Noun[edit]
cranberry (plural cranberries)
- A shrub belonging to the subgenus oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium, consisting of four species.
- The red berry of that shrub.
Synonyms[edit]
- arando Vaccinium erythrocarpum
- bearberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum or Vaccinium macrocarpon
- dingleberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum
- fenberry (dated) Vaccinium oxycoccus
- mossberry (Canada)
Derived terms[edit]
- American cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon
- common cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus
- cranberry juice
- cranberry morpheme
- cranberrylike
- large cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon
- northern cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccus
- small cranberry Vaccinium microcarpum
- southern mountain cranberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum
Translations[edit]
shrub
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berry
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