cranberry
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cranberry¹
- /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/ UK
- /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/ US
Where it comes from
Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry.
Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).
noun cranberries
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A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
Similar: fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>
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The edible red berry of that shrub.
That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
Similar: fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>
- An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.
adjective
- Of the intense red colour of a cranberry. Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]
verb cranberries · cranberrying · cranberried
- To gather wild cranberries.
Cranberry²
proper noun
- A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.
- A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bush, vaccinium, crowberry, highbush cranberry, mountain cranberry, currant, redberry, blackcurrant, red currant, cranberrying, red-currant, blueberry, buckberry, cowberry, bogberry, crampbark
Translations
Every language
noun shrub
| Español | arándano rojo, mortiño rojo, anavia roja |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 蔓越橘 mànyuèjú, 蔓越桔 mànyuèjú |
| Kiswahili | mkranberi |
| Português | oxicoco |
| Français | canneberge |
| Deutsch | Moosbeere, Kranbeere, Cranberry |
| Русский | клю́ква kljúkva |
noun berry
| Español | arándano, arándano rojo, mortiño rojo, anavia roja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 넌출월귤 neonchurwolgyul, 크랜베리 keuraenberi |
| 日本語 | クランベリー kuranberī |
| 中文 | 蔓越莓 mànyuèméi |
| Kiswahili | kranberi |
| Português | oxicoco, arando |
| Français | canneberge |
| Deutsch | Cranberry, Moosbeere |
| Italiano | ossicocco, mirtillo palustre |
| Ελληνικά | κρανμπερι kranmperi |
| Română | merișor |
| Русский | клю́ква kljúkva |
| العربية | عَنْبِيَّة حَادَة الخَبَاء |
| עברית | חֲמוּצִית khamutsít, קַפְטָה kaftá |
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title = {cranberry},
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