Cranberries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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