cranberry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
  2. noun very tart red berry used for sauce or juice

WordNet

Cran"ber*ry noun
Etymology
So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. Dr. Prior.
Wordforms
plural Cranberries (-rz)
Definitions
  1. (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 (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.

Webster 1913