Definition of Cranberry tree

1. Noun. Deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries.


2. Noun. Deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranberry Tree

cran-
cranachan
cranachans
cranage
cranages
cranapple
cranberries
cranberry
cranberry bush
cranberry culture
cranberry heath
cranberry juice
cranberry morpheme
cranberry morphemes
cranberry sauce
cranberry tree (current term)
cranberrying
cranberrylike
crance
crances
cranch
cranched
cranches
cranching
crandallite
crane
crane's bill
crane flies
crane fly
craned

Literary usage of Cranberry tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America by Ernest Thompson Seton (1912)
"HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY, cranberry tree, WILD GUELDER ROSE. (Viburnum Opulus) A bush 10 to 12 feet high. Noted for its delicious acid fruit, ..."

2. The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore by Ernest Thompson Seton (1921)
"... cranberry tree, WILD GUELDER ROSE. (Viburnum Opulus) A bush 10 to 12 feet high. Noted for its delicious acid fruit, bright red, translucent and in large ..."

3. The Propagation of Plants: Giving the Principles which Govern the by Andrew Samuel Fuller (1887)
"Viburnum (Arrow-Wood, cranberry tree).—A large genus of elegant ornamental ... The common Snowball tree is only a variety of the wild cranberry tree (V. ..."

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