cranberry
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Low German Kraanbere (“crane berry”), from Kraan (“crane”) + Bere (“berry”). Kraan is cognate to crane, while Bere is cognate to berry.
The bound morpheme cran- (cran- + berry) occurs only in this word, and this is used as an archetype, hence the term cranberry morpheme for such a morpheme.
[edit] Noun
cranberry (plural cranberries)
- A shrub belonging to the subgenus oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium, consisting of four species.
- The red berry of that shrub.
[edit] Synonyms
- arando (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)
- bearberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum or Vaccinium macrocarpon)
- dingleberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)
- fenberry (dated, Vaccinium oxycoccus)
- mossberry (Canada)
[edit] Derived terms
- 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)
[edit] Translations
shrub
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berry
