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Definition of Cranberry

1. Noun. Any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries.

Definition of Cranberry

1. n. 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 (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.

Definition of Cranberry

1. Noun. A shrub belonging to the subgenus ''oxycoccus'' of the genus ''Vaccinium'', consisting of four species. ¹

2. Noun. The red berry of that shrub. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cranberry

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cranberry

Literary usage of Cranberry

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

1. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"The Cranberry The cranberry, the most unique of American horticultural ... Cape Cod was the first cranberry-growing region, which was soou followed by New ..."

2. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Cranberry cultivation is justly receiving a large share of attention from ... The grubbing, ditching, sanding and planting of a cranberry meadow is ..."

3. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"Under the name of scald a number of fungi affect the cranberry, ... It has been estimated that the annual loss from cranberry scald is about {,200000, ..."

4. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"In the beginning the cranberry grower was wholly dependent upon the ... In some of the most extensive cranberry-growing regions this practice is still ..."

5. The New American Orchardist, Or an Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of by W. Kendrick (1848)
"C. The cranberry is a plant of easy culture; and with but little expense, not a doubt exists that meadows which are now barren wastes, or yield nothing but ..."

6. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"In the small cranberry the berry is almost spherical, while in the large cranberry an oblong or ovoid berry is produced. In the flowers the corolla lobes ..."

7. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"CHAPTER VI Cranberry DISEASES THE centers for the production of cranberries in the United States are New Jersey, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. ..."

8. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"The caterpillars- of the first brood attack the cranberry vines just as they begin to put out new foliage. They not only eat the leaves, but also destroy ..."

9. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"The Cranberry The cranberry, the most unique of American horticultural ... Cape Cod was the first cranberry-growing region, which was soou followed by New ..."

10. Geology of New Jersey by New Jersey Geological Survey, George Hammell Cook (1868)
"Cranberry cultivation is justly receiving a large share of attention from ... The grubbing, ditching, sanding and planting of a cranberry meadow is ..."

11. Fungous Diseases of Plants: With Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"Under the name of scald a number of fungi affect the cranberry, ... It has been estimated that the annual loss from cranberry scald is about {,200000, ..."

12. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1905)
"In the beginning the cranberry grower was wholly dependent upon the ... In some of the most extensive cranberry-growing regions this practice is still ..."

13. The New American Orchardist, Or an Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of by W. Kendrick (1848)
"C. The cranberry is a plant of easy culture; and with but little expense, not a doubt exists that meadows which are now barren wastes, or yield nothing but ..."

14. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"In the small cranberry the berry is almost spherical, while in the large cranberry an oblong or ovoid berry is produced. In the flowers the corolla lobes ..."

15. Manual of Fruit Diseases by Lexemuel Ray Hesler, Herbert Hice Whetzel (1917)
"CHAPTER VI Cranberry DISEASES THE centers for the production of cranberries in the United States are New Jersey, Massachusetts and Wisconsin. ..."

16. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"The caterpillars- of the first brood attack the cranberry vines just as they begin to put out new foliage. They not only eat the leaves, but also destroy ..."

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