cranberry
nounadjectiveverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkræn.b(ə).ri//
- United States//ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i//
A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
noun
- 1
A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
- 2
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.
- 3
An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.
Etymology
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”).
adjective
- 1
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
- 1
To gather wild cranberries.
Forms
- plural
- cranberries
- past tense
- cranberried
- past participle
- cranberried
- present participle
- cranberrying
- third person singular
- cranberries
cranberry · A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
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