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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