CRANBERRY

Cranberry

Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In some methods of classification, Oxycoccus is regarded as a genus in its own right. They can be found in acidic bogs throughout the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere.

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cranberry

Noun

  1. A shrub belonging to the subgenus oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium, consisting of four species.
  2. The red berry of that shrub.


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