Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries;
2.
very tart red berry used for sauce or juice;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cranberry
n 1: any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing
cranberries
2: very tart red berry used for sauce or juice